It is becoming a Tesla Cybertruck thing. We have seen it before, and the Cybertruck hasn't even been on the road for that long. But it was enough to make a spectacle of itself. This time, it happened on the beach of Nantucket Island in Massachusetts. Witnesses claim it was karma. The vehicle had been showing up on social media parked illegally in several areas of the town.
During the development stages, the Tesla Cybertruck, driven by a company engineer, was spotted driving on the beach and even going for a little “swim” in the Gulf of Mexico. In September 2022, Elon Musk said that the Cybertruck would be "waterproof enough to serve briefly as a boat, so it can cross rivers, lakes and even seas that aren't too choppy."
We have seen Cybertrucks driving through water and suffering the consequences: a button not working after the "swimming" adventure. However, the vehicle operated normally when everything dried out.
But taking the Cybertruck to the beach might not be the best idea. The engineers who spotted doing it last year were Tesla experts who knew exactly what to do to avoid getting the vehicle trapped in the sand.
Apparently, that is a trick that not everyone is familiar with. That is how a Tesla Cybertruck that had been a local internat sensation for a few days, ended up stuck in the sand on a beach on the Nantucket Island in Massachusetts.
Photo: Nantucket Current | X
It was, reportedly, the first Cybertruck to set wheels on the island. It caused quite a commotion the moment it arrived there, earlier this week, as people snapped photos of it and uploaded them to social media. One of them showed the vehicle parked on a pedestrian crosswalk, which instantly turned the driver into the town's most unpopular person. Meanwhile, another showed it parked over several parking spots. It really didn't need any more publicity than it was already enjoying.
But it got it when it got stuck on the beach at Eel Point on the far west side of the island. It can't be easy for the heavyweight champ to drive on the sand like a ballerina. The tri-motor version, for instance, tips the scales at 6,843 pounds (3,104 kilograms).
A local towing company arrived at the scene and pulled the pickup truck out of its sandy entrapment before the tide came in. The event happened just after Tesla rolled out the new off-road update, which included new off-road modes, working front and rear locking differentials, and a better off-road information screen.
This is not the first time a Cybertruck gets in such a sandy predicament. Back in March, a driver and his friend were seen pushing the EV at the Marina State Beach in California. What seemed to be fun in the sun turned into quite a headache.
When he felt the wheels got stuck, the driver reportedly tried to reverse. But that only got the wheels deeper into the sand. To save the electric truck, the driver and his friend eventually did what they should have done before taking the Cybertruck to the beach: deflate the tires.
Cyber truck makes an appearance on Main Street, immediately parks on crosswalk ♂️ pic.twitter.com/ZcitCAD94N
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