‘My Cybertruck is fit for California!’: Car thief in crime-ridden Oakland tries to break into the armored glass of a vehicle worth $100,000, but fails

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

You see the would-be thief suddenly realizing he’s being recorded by the Cybertruck, covering his face before trying to break in through the roof of the truck.

The footage, posted to

The Tesla Sentry mode, with its angular owl graphic (above), rearranges the car’s 10 cameras intended to assist with ‘autopilot’ into a 360-degree, automated security system to continuously monitor its surroundings and to warn the owner of burglary 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 social media platform X, which, like Tesla Motors, is also owned by billionaire Elon Musk.

“Armoured glass beats criminals trying their best to break in,” Malek Posted‘even if you jump 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 sturdy, low-melting point glass made from borosilicate (silica and boron oxide), the Cybertruck’s “armored glass” windows have come a long way since their wobbly debut in 2019.

Musk had tried to show how impenetrable the EV’s glass was by throwing a metal ball at the driver’s side windows, leaving an embarrassing spider web of cracks that also put a dent in Tesla Motors’ stock price, which rose above $ 21 (-6.14 percent) dived. .

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

According to MotorTrendThe cost of replacing the Cybertruck’s “armored glass” varies depending on size: a new windshield retails for about $1,900, while side windows like the ones damaged in this incident can cost between $225 and $260 each .

But the attacker also jumped onto the sunroof in a last-ditch attempt to break in. Tesla Motor Club report could cost 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 strong for a simple ‘smash and grab’. “Armoured glass beats criminals who try their best to break in,” Long’s friend Arash Malek wrote to X, “even if they jump on the roof.”

Malek, a die-hard Tesla fan himself, produces and sells natural air fresheners for Tesla Model 3 and Model Y that are designed to blend in with the unique internal architecture of the company’s electric sedan.

While Cybertruck’s armored glass is more resistant to “thermal shock” or temperature-based incidents, and is clearly too strong for this attacker’s poor attempt at the average “smash and grab” theft car, it is not technically bulletproof.

As Musk told podcaster Joe Rogan last November, a special version of the Cybertruck will be available with windows that can withstand at least 9mm ammunition, although those windows won’t 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 suffered minimal cracks along the windows and roof, is owned by Patrick Long, who composes music under the name Dart shape.

Malek, a die-hard Tesla fan himself, produces and sells natural air fresheners for Tesla Model 3 and Model Y which are designed to blend in with the unique internal architecture of the company’s electric sedan.

DailyMail.com has reached out to Malek and Long to find out more about the burglary attempt and this story will be updated if they respond.

But the footage alone serves as a powerful illustration of Tesla’s Sentry mode, which redeploys the car’s ten cameras, intended to assist with “autopilot,” into a 360-degree, automated security system to scan the environment and warn the owner of intruders.