Tesla Tortures the Cybertruck To Prove That It Can Actually Do 'Truck Stuff'

Electric vehicles have always been considered a joke by die-hard petrolheads. Truck owners have probably been the most vocal against them, often ready to escalate things to show how much better their diesel trucks are. Coal-rolling EVs and ICE-ing the charging stations have been two of the most common expressions of their contempt against EV owners. In some cases, road rage has put EV drivers in dangerous situations.

Still, things have become more awkward after electric pickup trucks have become more common. Are they trucks or electric vehicles? How should they be treated? This dilemma has yet to be solved. Now, things are even more complicated as the Tesla Cybertruck has started customer deliveries. With its bizarre shape and intriguing features, is this even an electric truck?

Many denied it even existed, and things held for a while because Tesla was too late to start production. After it became clear that the Cybertruck was a real product, selling to real customers, the narrative changed. Now critics want to show the Cybertruck is poorly designed for heavy work and what some call "truck stuff." Can't tow, can't haul, a ballerina pretending to be a hard worker. But is it, though?

At least on paper, the Cybertruck offers some of the best truck characteristics on the market. It has one of the biggest beds for a crew-cab pickup and also one of the biggest towing capacities in the segment. It also has a stainless steel outer shell that makes it immune to dings and scratches, a work truck bonanza. But will anyone who paid over $100,000 for the Cybertruck put it to such demeaning work? Well, at least Tesla did.

The EV maker shared on the Cybertruck channel on X (formerly Twitter) how the Cybertruck can be abused and still hold its pants on, come what may. The video called "Taking a Dump" shows a loader dumping 2,5000 pounds of cinderblocks into the Cybertruck's bed as if it couldn't care less about it. The pickup shudders, but it doesn't crumble. Thanks to its sheet molded composite bed, it also takes the abuse graciously without getting any permanent scars in the process.

Is this enough to convince people that the Cybertruck is tough enough to do work-truck stuff? If not, we have another video showing somebody loading 1,800 pounds of dry plywood in the Cybertruck's bed. This time, it's obvious that these gays cared more about their Cybertruck than the Tesla team did. The Cybertruck suspension lowers under the weight, but the onboard compressor quickly fixes this by raising the air suspension. What do you think? Are these videos enough to prove the Cybertruck is a real truck or not?

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— Cybertruck (@cybertruck) January 11, 2024