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Elon Musk: Tesla Cybertruck will be able to “serve briefly as a boat”

Tesla boss tweets revelation that incoming electric truck will be waterproof

Vijay PattniPublished: 30 Sep 2022  External link to Top Gear Magazine Subscription – 5 issues for £5Skip 5 photos in the image carousel and continue reading1 / 5

The Tesla Cybertruck will be “waterproof enough to serve briefly as a boat”, according to Elon Musk.

The Tesla boss tweeted that the long-awaited Cybertruck needs to travel from “Starbase to South Padre Island, which requires crossing the channel”. Starbase is the home of SpaceX in Texas. As such, Musk reckons the new truck will have the ability to cross rivers, lakes, and “even seas that aren’t too choppy”.

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It’s not the first time Musk has claimed one of his cars is waterproof. Back in 2016, he tweeted that “we *def* don’t recommended [sic] this, but Model S floats well enough to turn it into a boat for short periods of time. Thrust via wheel rotation”.

Cybertruck will be waterproof enough to serve briefly as a boat, so it can cross rivers, lakes & even seas that aren’t too choppy

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