“So, is the stainless steel in the dash as well?#8221; Kristen is heard asking the driver this. The driver then replies, “No, it is not,” and proceeds to tell the group that it is paper. Yes, the stuff you can write on.
When I asked Kristen about her experience, she told me that the dash looked like shiny pewter. She was unable to feel it, but it looked like a solid material. She also pointed out that paper makes some very durable products, such as laminated lunch trays (I just had a vision of my high school days and those ugly lunch trays). Kristen made another point: “In reality, a solid stone or metal piece would be more dangerous in an accident,”
Viv, who was sitting in the front seat, said that it “felt like very high-quality cardboard.”
Sofiaan’s thoughts on the dash were that it looked like marble. He also said that the cracked windows* caused a delay since they had to be replaced. (Explanation for why the windows cracked here, if you are not one of the ~900,000 people who already watched that video.) Side note: Sofiaan noticed that the steel ball didn’t go all the way through the glass when Franz threw it at the window and yelled, “It didn’t go through!” That was just before Elon said it on stage. While some may criticize Tesla over the glass breaking, Sofiaan pointed out a major fact about bulletproof glass. It’s not designed not to crack, but just to stop a bullet. That works for steel balls as well.
When it comes to the paper elements of the Cybertruck, it actually does make sense to use paper for the softer parts of the interior. As Kristen pointed out to me, if there were an accident, having paper hit you instead of plastic would definitely soften the blows.
Also, totally off topic, but I asked Elon if we could get a purple Cybertruck. Purple is my favorite color. He indicated the vehicle could be wrapped in any color.
