HILL: Tesla rolling out its new cyber truck along with its innovative design. There's this claim that the glass windows are unbreakable. And then came the demonstration.</s>BCC UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, my</s>HILL: Probably not the way they wanted it to go but, boy, that's one way to get people talking about your cyber truck.</s>CRISTINA ALESCI, CNN BUSINESS & POLITICS CORRESPONDENT: Unfortunately for Tesla, the headlines were entirely driven by that failed unbreakable glass demo. But the other reaction has been, who would actually buy this thing? It looks like something out of a comic book rather than the traditional --</s>HILL: Mad Max? I'm not sure what it is.</s>ALESCI: Yes. It doesn't seem like the traditional pickup truck buyer that would go out and buy this thing. To Elon Musk's credit, however, he has said this is not going to be the volume products that a traditional carmaker would put out there. The impact of unveiling this for Tesla is threefold. One is that it basically proves to the world that electric vehicles can do the same thing conventional vehicles could. They put out stats saying this vehicle can haul and tow as much as a conventional pickup truck. Also, Tesla is the leader in electric vehicles and this is yet another example of them coming out in front and maintaining that moniker. Also, it stirs the competitive spirits because it provokes G.M. and Ford to really get into electric pickups. And they will be unveiling those cars and trucks over the next couple of years, too. So there's a purpose here beyond the stunt.</s>HILL: Beyond just the stunt and beyond not being unbreakable glass.</s>ALESCI: Yes.</s>HILL: Cristina, thank you.</s>ALESCI: Thank you.</s>HILL: Thank to all of you for joining us today. The Democrats closer to impeachment. Did they hear enough, though, to sway the Republicans and the American voters? We're live on Capitol Hill, next.
Tesla's Unveiling of "Unbreakable" Cyber Truck Doesn't Go as Planned.