‘My Cybertruck is California-proof!’:  Would-be car thief in crime-ridden Oakland tries and fails to break into $100,000 vehicle’s armored glass

A car thief in California just tested the Tesla Cybertruck’s ‘Sentinel Mode’, a feature that turns the electric vehicle’s ‘autopilot’ cameras into a security system.

The botched robbery was captured on video, along with the perpetrator’s uncovered face, by the Oakland-area resident and aspiring musician who owned the heavily fortified EV, which withstood multiple attacks thanks to its “armored glass” windows.

The would-be thief can be seen suddenly realizing that the Cybertruck is recording him and covers his face before attempting to break through the roof of the truck.

The footage, posted on a mafia group.

“Cybertruck is California-proof,” joked Arash Malek, the businessman and apparent friend of the owner, who posted the security footage on social media platform X, which like Tesla Motors is also owned by billionaire Elon Musk.

“Armored glass defeats criminals who try to enter by force,” Malek aware‘even when jumping onto the roof’.

Laminated with a tough, low-melting point glass made from borosilicate (silica and boric oxide), the Cybertruck’s ‘armored glass’ windows have come a long way since their shaky debut in 2019.

Musk had attempted to show how waterproof the electric vehicle’s glass was by throwing a metal ball at the driver’s side windows, leaving an embarrassing web of cracks that also put a dent in Tesla Motors’ share price, which sank more than $21 (-6.14 percent). .

The window performed noticeably better last year, when Musk had Tesla design chief Franz von Holshausen recreate the iconic 2019 moment with a baseball, which bounced off the “armor glass.”

According MotorTrendThe cost of replacing the Cybertruck’s ‘armored glass’ varies depending on its size: a new windshield will retail for around $1,900, while side windows like those damaged in this incident could cost between $225 and $260 a piece.

But the attacker also jumped onto the sunroof in a last-ditch effort to get inside. Damage that Cybertruck owners in Tesla motor club The report could cost between $1,250 and $1,600 to replace.

While the Cybertruck’s armored glass is more resistant to ‘thermal shock’ or temperature-based incidents, and is clearly too tough for this average grand theft carjacker’s poor attempt at ‘smash and grab’, technically It’s not bulletproof.

As Musk told podcaster Joe Rogan last November, a special version of the Cybertruck will be available with windows resistant to at least 9mm ammunition, although those windows won’t be able to roll down.

Rogan then attempted, unsuccessfully, to penetrate the Cybertruck with a bow and arrow.

According to Malek, who posted the security footage, the Cybertruck that suffered minimal cracks in the windows and roof belongs to Patrick Long, who composes music under the name dart shape.

Malek, a die-hard Tesla fan, makes and sells Natural air fresheners for Tesla Model 3 and Model Y which are designed to integrate into the unique internal architecture of the company’s electric sedan.

DailyMail.com has contacted Malek and Long for more information about the attempted robbery and this story will be updated if they respond.

But the images alone serve as a powerful illustration of Tesla’s Sentinel Mode, which redistributes the car’s 10 cameras intended to assist with “autopilot” into a 360-degree automated safety system to scan the surroundings and alert to the owner about intrusions.