A carjacker in California just got a taste of the Tesla Cybertruck’s ‘Sentry Mode’ — a feature that turns the electric vehicle’s ‘autopilot’ cameras into a security system.
The failed break-in was caught on video, along with the perpetrator’s uncovered face, by the Oakland-area resident and aspiring musician who owns the heavily fortified EV, which withstood multiple attacks thanks to it’s ‘armored glass’ windows.
The would-be thief can be seen suddenly realizing he’s being recorded by the Cybertruck, covering his face before he tries to smash in through the truck’s roof.
The footage, posted to X, has been scored with an iconic synth track (‘Nightcall’ by Kavinsky) from the 2011 crime thriller ‘Drive,’ in which Ryan Gosling plays a Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a mob crew’s getaway driver.
The failed Cybertruck break-in was caught on video, along with the perpetrator’s uncovered face, by the Oakland-area resident and aspiring musician Patrick Long, who owns the heavily fortified EV, which withstood multiple attacks thanks to it’s ‘armored glass’ windows
Tesla Sentry Mode, with its angular owl graphic (above) redeploys the car’s 10 cameras intended to help with ‘autopilot’ into a 360-degree, automated security system to constantly monitor surroundings and alert the owner to intrusion and theft attempts
‘Cybertruck is California-proof,’ joked Arash Malek, the entrepreneur and apparent friend of the owner, who posted the security footage to the the social media platform X, which like Tesla Motors is also owned by billionaire Elon Musk.
‘Armored glass beats criminals trying their best to break in,’ Malek posted, ‘even when jumping on the roof.’
The would-be carjacker (above) got a taste of the Tesla Cybertruck’s ‘Sentry Mode’ – a feature that turns the electric vehicle’s ‘autopilot’ cameras into a security system
Laminated with a tough, low-melting-point glass made of borosilicate (silica and boric oxide), the Cybertruck’s ‘armored glass’ windows have come a long way since their wobbly debut in 2019.
Musk had attempted to show how impervious the EV’s glass was were by lobbing a metal ball at the driver’s side windows, leaving an embarrassing spider web of cracks that also put a dent in Tesla Motors’ share price which dove over $21 (-6.14 percent).
The window performed notably better last year, when Musk had Tesla design chief Franz von Holshausen recreate iconic 2019 moment with a baseball, which did bounce off the ‘armored glass.’
According to MotorTrend, the cost to replace the Cybertruck’s ‘armored glass,’ varies by its size: a new windshield will run about $1,900, retail, while side windows like those damaged in this incident could cost between $225 to $260 per piece.
But the assailant also jumped on the sunroof in a last ditch effort to break in. damage that Cybertruck owners at Tesla Motor Club report could run between $1,250 and $1,600 to replace.
Cybertruck’s armored glass is more resistant to ‘thermal shock,’ or temperature based incidents, and is too tough for a simple ‘smash and grab.’ ‘Armored glass beats criminals trying their best to break in,’ Long’s friend Arash Malek posted to X, ‘even when jumping on the roof’
Malek, himself a die-hard Tesla fan, manufactures and sells natural air fresheners for Tesla Model 3 and Model Y that are designed to blend into the unique internal architecture of a the company’s electric sedan.
While Cybertruck’s armorer glass is more resistant to ‘thermal shock,’ or temperature based incidents, and is clearly too tough for this assailant’s poor attempt at the average ‘smash and grab’ grand theft auto, it is not technically bullet proof.
As Musk told podcaster Joe Rogan last November, a special version of the Cybertruck with windows resistant to at least 9mm rounds of ammunition will be available, although those windows will not be able to roll down.
Rogan then tried and failed to penetrate the Cybertruck with a bow and arrow.
According to Malek, who posted the security footage, the Cybertruck which sustained minimal cracks along its windows and roof belongs to Patrick Long who composes music under the name Dartform.
Malek, himself a die-hard Tesla fan, manufactures and sells natural air fresheners for Tesla Model 3 and Model Y that are designed to blend into the unique internal architecture of a the company’s electric sedan.
DailyMail.com has reached out to Malek and Long to learn more about the attempted break-in and this story will be updated if they reply.
But the footage alone serves as a powerful illustration of Tesla’s Sentry Mode, which redeploys the car’s 10 cameras intended to help with ‘autopilot’ into a 360-degree, automated security system to scan surroundings and alert the owner to intrusions.
