The latest video uploaded to Tesla’s YouTube channel shows just how easily a Cybertruck can traverse tough terrain.
The four-minute and twenty-second-long video shows just how tough the Cybertruck really is and how it managed to navigate through the most inhospitable conditions.
Elon Musk himself reposted the video from the official Cybertruck X account captioned: “Cybertruck in the Wilds.”
Cybertruck in the wilds https://t.co/SWrbBZcqrb
undefined Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 18, 2024
A team of testers went out into the Moab Desert in Utah to test the vehicle’s off-roading capabilities.
The initial shot shows a man hanging his feet out of the electric vehicle’s (EV’s) window as it climbs up a slope. The EV seems to do this with ease, without any input from the driver. The caption under this scene reads, “Demonstration only — do not attempt.”
The “stunt man” explains that the EV can self-regulate the speed of the vehicle.
On screen, we can see the Tesla display, which shows Off-Road Mode, featuring Overland and Baja mode.
Overland Mode
Overland mode, or rock mode, helps you navigate rocky terrain by keeping the wheels tightly locked to the ground and glued to the driving surface, the testers explained.
In Overland mode, Tesla claims that drivers can navigate through sand, rock, gravel, and deep snow.
In the video, the Cybertruck can be seen climbing what some off-roaders call ‘The Escalator.’ This obstacle is a part of ‘Hell’s Revenge’ in the Moab Desert and requires the driver to ascend a V-shaped area in the slickrock.
One pro-Cybertruck X account, ‘Teslaconomics’ re-posted a video of the Cybertruck climbing up ‘Hell’s Gate’ which is part of ‘Hell’s Revenge’ in the Moab Desert.
Teslaconomics captioned the post: “Rivian, can you do this? The Cybertruck can.” Taunting another American EV manufacturer.
Rivian, can you do this? The Cybertruck can. pic.twitter.com/m9K79YCzzM
undefined Teslaconomics (@Teslaconomics) July 18, 2024
FunTreks, an off-roading trail website, explains that the obstacle is extremely dangerous and should only be attempted by professionals.
Cybertruck Lead Engineer, Wes Morrill, commented on the treacherous location they shot in and how nervous he was to drive up the beginning of ‘The Esculator’ in a recent X post. But, “the Cybertruck made it so easy,” he said.
After how difficult it was to walk up and scout, was definitely nervous driving up to the start of the Escalator and staring up at the wall in front of me... But with a good spotter, Cybertruck made it so easy! If you get a chance to see some of these obstacles in person it gives… https://t.co/tQXlw3tCRa
undefined Wes (@wmorrill3) July 18, 2024
Baja Mode
Baja Mode is a “driver-focused” mode, according to one of the testers. “The way I like to think of Baja Mode is it sort of takes the truck and shrinks the wheelbase a little bit, so you go from having a full-size utilitarian truck into almost a go-kart.”
Drivers can adjust the vehicle's handling balance if they need more stability in Baja Mode. If users want to have “a bit more fun and loosen it up,” they can move the handling balance to have a “nice drifting experience.”
When the Cybertruck is in Baja Mode, the ridge height increases and adaptive damping adjusts based on the terrain, the Cybertruck owner's manual says.
The Cybertruck makes it look effortless to climb up a mountain pic.twitter.com/y3y8XXVEHo
undefined Teslaconomics (@Teslaconomics) July 18, 2024
Wade Mode
Then there’s the infamous Wade Mode, which allows you to drive on water. In the owner's manual, Wade Mode is designed to “enter and drive through bodies of water such as rivers or creeks.”
The EV will raise the ride height, elevating the vehicle and pressurizing the battery pack underneath it so that no water can damage the electronics. One of the testers claims that no other vehicle in the world can do this.
Trail Mode
The Cybertruck also has Trail Assist, which gives you greater control when ascending and descending. This can only be achieved in Overland Mode.
Trial assist is a form of off-road cruise control. In the demonstration, the driver is seen with his feet completely off the pedals, and the driver claims that the Cybertruck “figures out exactly how much regen and brakes to fly.”
The EV will control the speed and allow you to focus on steering the vehicle on course.
Off-Road Mode can be activated once you’ve updated the Cybertruck to software version 2024.14.5 or later, Tesla said.
According to the Morrill and people featured in the new video, Off-Road Mode has an app that allows you to control various features. It has two main modes: Overland and Baja but Wade Mode can be activated with just a touch of a button. The design of the new off-road app, which is supposedly designed to be “super accessible,” the Cybertruck crew said.
Off road mode got an app! (And yes, lockers)
undefined Wes (@wmorrill3) April 29, 2024
On the left side you get a vitals page and the right side are your one-touch controls, these change depending on which mode you are in.
There are two main modes: 'Overland' for technical driving and 'Baja' for more dynamic action… pic.twitter.com/U1HDvqMTEN
Cybertruck vs the real world
Although Tesla claims that the Cybertruck can traverse tough terrains, there have been many reports of these EVs getting stuck in the mud, sand, and pebbles while testing out their off-road capabilities.
Elon Musk has made various claims about the Tesla Cybertruck, including that it’ll one day function as a boat. One Cybertruck user in Slovakia instantly proved him wrong.
According to local media, the owner decided to test the three-ton vehicle in the Malé Košariská Lake, 20 minutes from Bratislava.
Videos soon surfaced on social media platforms, like Musk’s X, of the Cybertruck fail. The footage shows the struggling EV stuck on the lake’s gravel bed. Reportedly, due to the vehicle's weight, it got stuck in the gravel and couldn’t make its way out.
Another mishap occurred in the Mongolian desert, as a Cybertruck seems to have not survived the harsh sand dunes of the Alxa Desert.
The user who posted the news on the website ‘Cybertruck Owners Club’ alleges that the vehicle “rolled down a steep hill, and it appears badly damaged.”
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