Usually, the person buying a Tesla Cybertruck does so first because they have the money for something like that. Second, because they dislike blending in, and third, because they take Elon Musk’s humorous promises about the electric pickup literally (as an example, indestructible).
That’s why a man in Texas has been stopped: he wanted to test the Cybertruck’s wading mode and came up with nothing better than driving into a lake. Then he couldn’t get out.
The User Manual Says It Clearly, But Nobody Reads It
According to the Cybertruck user manual, the wading mode allows the vehicle to reach a maximum depth of 815 mm provided it is driven at low speed, and the depth is calculated from the bottom of the tire. The manufacturer warns that this mode should be used whenever you drive the Cybertruck “through shallow waters (a river, for example).” And a lake is not considered shallow water.
That’s why the Cybertruck owner ended up in real trouble: several witnesses alerted the Grapevine, Texas police that a vehicle was moving around inside the lake. What happened next was inevitable: mud and the depth of the water rendered the electric pickup unusable, and the owner and the passengers who accompanied him had to leave it behind, according to police testimony.
The vehicle, partially submerged, was removed from the vicinity of the lake’s southern shore with the aid of Grapevine Fire Department’s water rescue team and the police during the operation, the BBC reports. The man was arrested for operating a vehicle in a closed section of the lake and for other safety-related offenses.
Of course, Tesla will not cover the repair, because among its terms it states that it is the driver’s sole responsibility “to assess the depth of any body of water before entering,” and adds that “damages or water ingress to the Cybertruck resulting from driving in water are not covered by the warranty.”
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