Photo: Anuj Thakkar | Facebook
A thief broke the shatterproof window of a Tesla Cybertruck in Atlanta, Georgia, and entered the vehicle. The electric vehicle did not alert its owner to the situation.No siren, no message on my phone, nothing happened,” he complained.
We’ve lived with the idea that the Cybertruck’s windows are shatterproof. Elon Musk tried to prove it on stage in 2019 by having Tesla design chief Franz von Holzhausen bash the windows with a stainless steel ball and a sledgehammer and failing gloriously.
At the time, Tesla promised to fix it, and Musk eventually said that the glass was, in fact, shatterproof, while the body wasn’t bulletproof, but bullet-resistant. His words made the Cybertruck the most abused vehicle in the world, prompting mechanical engineer Wes Morill to call on owners to stop abusing their trucks in a March 10 post on X.
After Tesla began delivering the truck on November 30, 2023, owners repeatedly tried to prove how durable the truck was. They bashed the body and windows with anything they could get their hands on. We didn’t see any broken windows, except for that one time when kids roller-skated across the Cybertruck’s windshield and shattered it earlier this year.
This time it's not the windshield that's broken, but the front passenger window. That's what a thief chose to pry open the Cybertruck. He managed to open it a bit and then smashed it to pieces. The owner complained about the situation on Facebook.
“There was no siren, no message on my phone… Nothing happened, I found it like this,” Anuk Thakkar, the owner of the Cybertruck, captioned the post. He also uploaded footage from the vehicle's cameras, showing a red Nissan Altima pulling up right next to his pickup.
A man in a hood comes out, uses a tool to blow out the window, and then knocks down the tempered glass. He is then seen entering with his upper body while his legs dangle in the air. His face is clearly visible on camera.
He pulls out a black backpack that was probably on one of the front seats, gets back on the ground, and jumps into the passenger seat of the Nissan. The two remain there for a while, probably checking the contents of the backpack, before the driver, who appears to be another man wearing a hood and cap, drives away.
What sparked the controversy on social media among those who saw the video uploaded by the owner to the Tesla Cybertruck Facebook group is the fact that the vehicle's safety systems were not working.
This adds to the list of disappointments Cybertruck owners have faced since deliveries began. The failed off-road capabilities or Wade mode are two of the features owners have complained about.
The thief did indeed act quickly and seemed to know exactly what he was doing. But he made it look extremely easy to break into a vehicle advertised as having the latest in security technology.
There are indeed gadgets that can interfere with car security systems. But Sentry Mode seemed to work perfectly, as it recorded the entire moment of the theft. However, nothing alerted the Cybertruck owner to the break-in.Does anyone know why there is no alarm system?” Thakker asked on Facebook.