[mffnbs]

Elon walked off stage to kill the guy who designed the glass.

[oxplot]

ye, Elon was sweating like crazy right after the blunder. I also thought the presentation could have been rehearsed a little bit better as the slides seem to be off most of the time (I assume Elon is just way too busy to rehearse these things).

[leesec]

This is how every Tesla presentation goes. It's never been about Steve Jobs level presentation polish, it's always been about the quality of the product.

[coddle-hark]

He’s the CEO. It’s his job to represent the company. It’s his job to rehearse the slides.

[jccooper]

I'm pretty sure Elon doesn't rehearse these presentations at all. He's had trivially-correctable wrong info on slides before, and had to explain it away during the presentation.

[dylanz]

Hahaha... probably. I think it actually made the thing look a lot more bad-ass while he gave the rest of the presentation. I own a Tacoma (and have owned a few) and I've had my truck broken into quite often. Some places you don't even want to park because they're hot spots for getting your windows broken into (I'm looking at you Lombard Street). This will be a bit of a deterrent to thieves which is nice.

[andrewbarba]

Does he kill the guy who designed the glass or the guy who suggested trying it again on the rear window?

[oxplot]

You mean Tesla's chief designer Franz von Holzhausen? I'm not so sure. ;)

[petemill]

And the web team

> 429 Too Many Requests

[ctdonath]

Order page eventually went up, and my down payment went thru.

[fastball]

Context?

[shasheene]

Here's the timestamp of the presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwvDOdBHYBw&t=7m22s

[ceocoder]

During the demo of transparent metal glass Elon invited Franz to hit the glass with metal ball and it broke. It wasn’t supposed to because it is extra hardened or something.

[internet_user]

they broke the armour glass on stage, maybe accident? maybe not?

[ctdonath]

Half-joking aside...

I trust the glass will be fully bulletproof by end of year, if not some time next week.

[nodesocket]

You think they will edit the glass demo out of the version they post?

[de_watcher]

Failed demo is a 100% totally intended publicity trick.