These things look even dumber as cop cars.

Imagine being a billionaire in the mood to be generous and making a large donation... and that's the best you can come up with. Giving 10 cars to the police. WTF.

The funny thing about them not being bulletproof will be the batteries getting pierced setting off a fire while they’re locked in.

Fun facts I've gathered up...

• 10 Cybertrucks were donated to Las Vegas police.
• Las Vegas haven't noted whether to keep or sell them.
• Any vehicle going into police duty must be "upfitted" aka upgraded with a police package (lights, siren, comms, armor, etc).
• Police prefer a certain known standard performance vehicle specs for duty (horsepower, towing, speed, mass, manuvrrability, etc). Teslas are too young to have demonstrated anything of this.
• Some out-of-spec police cars (e.g.- retired, siezed, donated) might get another use as community outreach vehicles (D.A.R.E. cars).
• Article states an upfitting company named UP.FIT {corrected name} Las Vegas, aka UNPLUGGED PERFORMANCE ®. They are not a preferred public service vehicle upfitter, as they ONLY modify Teslas and only Teslas for contract.
• Sheriff McMahill is an uneducated media regurgitator.

They aren’t even waterproof.

Are you sure that's the only problem?

Yeah. A vehicle known for trapping occupants when damaged, then burning them alive. Are you sure that’s the kind of vehicle you want to be in when it gets shot at?

Embracing the dystopian aesthetic.

Didn't Las Vegas also buy his stupid loop?

The original design had a 3/16" stainless shell and some very special glass, especially the windshield. I know that the production model is just a similar-shaped cast aluminum Tesla frame with appliance-grade stainless sheets glued to it. It's basically a different vehicle from what they showed off.

The Musk phenomenon is so strange. I live in Canada, and I’ve made multiple people absolutely melt down over the smallest criticism of him.

Oops. Who could've seen that one coming?

It probably doesn't matter if they are actually bulletproof. They'll be used as propaganda show cars, or personal vehicles for the brass, and never called into actual service.

No one in their right mind is going to pick the "bulletproof" cybertruck over an armored Bearcat in a scenario where they expect to be shot at. For non-tactical applications they're no more or less bulletproof than a standard potrol vehicle.

Good the cops shouldn't be protected while they protect the status quo and serve as an enforcer of most things wrong.

They can't compete with a 20 year old crown vic

https://www.pontiacperformance.net/TechArticles/CV_BallisiticPanels.html

It's a sad joke.

Problem? Idk, personally I kinda prefer Nazis to not be bullet proof.

I need more proof. I don't believe they aren't, someone prove it.

I bet it looks great in the maintenance bay every three days.

Every speeder just driving up on the sidewalk to completely disable their pursuer.

“Ed, turn here. This road has speed bumps.”

Ready for Blues Brothers 2

To pursue the Blues Brothers, filmmakers bought more than 60 old police cars at $400 [ $1,573 today] apiece, according to news reports at the time

Wait until the first LEO can't get out of one of these when it catches on fire.

Musk will STILL be treated with kid gloves. We simply cannot hold billionaires to the same standards.

Shhhh........

I see Elon Musk has a new venture: coffin making.

They are just about as bullet proof as the cars are self driving. Dunno why anyone might think that they would actually be bullet proof, given Musk's track record...

/s

Shh!

Let them find out.