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Elon MuskonX / Twitter5/7/2026
Only when you drive the Cybertruck do you realize how incredible it is: a bulletproof tank that moves like a million dollar sports car!
Reason for the angular shape is that the thick, ultra-hard stainless steel body panels cannot be stamped like the thin, feeble, paper-strength mild steel of other trucks. Cybertruck body panels would break 5000 ton stamping machines.
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Analysis Summary
Musk is repeating two long-disputed Cybertruck claims while promoting his own product. The 'bulletproof' claim is partly true — panels stop 9mm and .45 handgun rounds — but independent tests show .223 rifle rounds and faster bullets punch right through, and Tesla has never sought any official ballistic certification. The 'panels would break 5000-ton stamping presses' line was debunked by sheet metal engineers back in 2019, and Tesla's own Austin factory now uses a high-speed stainless stamping press built with German firm TRUMPF to make these exact panels. So the angular design is a manufacturing and aesthetic choice, not a hard physical limit.
Claims Analysis (3)
“The Cybertruck is a bulletproof tank that moves like a million dollar sports car”
Cybertruck panels stop 9mm and .45 ACP handgun rounds but fail against .223, .17 HMR and .50 cal rifle rounds. Not certified to any NIJ ballistic standard.
“The angular shape exists because thick ultra-hard stainless steel body panels cannot be stamped like thin mild steel”
Sheet metal engineers dispute this — stainless steel has been routinely stamped in automotive parts for decades. Tesla's own facility now uses stamping presses for Cybertruck panels.
“Cybertruck body panels would break 5000 ton stamping machines”
Stamping engineers say the part would crack before the press breaks. Tesla itself developed a high-speed stainless stamping press (TRUMPF partnership) that successfully stamps the panels.
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