In Pictures: Tesla's newest vehicle, the Cybertruck

Tesla Inc on Thursday unveiled its first electric pickup truck that looked like a futuristic angular armored vehicle in gunmetal gray, as the California company took aim at the heart of Detroit automakers' profits. The vehicle features armoured glass that is rated to withstand a 9mm full metal jacket round from as close as 10 metres and a range of up to 500 miles (804 km) or more. Here's a look at the launch of the vehicle.

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Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk speaks in front of the newly unveiled all-electric battery-powered Tesla's Cybertruck with shattered windows, after a failed resistance test, at Tesla Design Center in Hawthorne, California. AFP

Updated at:22nd Nov, 2019 at 4:29 PM

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk stands in front of the cracked windows of company's first electric pickup truck, the Cybertruck, after it was unveiled and a metal ball was thrown at the windows, in Los Angeles. Reuters

Updated at:22nd Nov, 2019 at 4:27 PM

Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk speaks during the unveiling of the all-electric battery-powered Tesla's Cybertruck at Tesla Design Center in Hawthorne, California. AFP

Updated at:22nd Nov, 2019 at 4:26 PM

Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk unveils the all-electric battery-powered Tesla's Cybertruck at Tesla Design Center in Hawthorne, California. AFP

Updated at:22nd Nov, 2019 at 4:23 PM

People take pictures of the newly unveiled all-electric battery-powered Tesla's Cybertruck at Tesla Design Center in Hawthorne, California. AFP

Updated at:22nd Nov, 2019 at 4:20 PM

Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk speaks during the unveiling of the all-electric battery-powered Tesla's Cybertruck at Tesla Design Center in Hawthorne, California. AFP

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Updated at:22nd Nov, 2019 at 4:25 PM