{"id":82074,"date":"2025-04-26T16:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T20:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82074"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T20:35:08","slug":"tesla-cybertruck-owner-stuck-beliving-elon-musks-river-crossing-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82074","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Cybertruck owner gets stuck after beliving Elon Musk’s ‘river crossing’ claim"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Tesla Cybertruck owner believed Elon Musk\u2019s claims that the Cybertruck would be able to \u201cact as a boat\u201d and \u201ccross rivers\u201d, and he got his $100,000 stuck because of it.<\/p>\n

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Elon Musk has often made claims about how Tesla vehicles could float and briefly serve as a boat in the past.<\/p>\n

We have never been taken too seriously because Tesla\u2019s warranty states something different about taking the vehicle into water.<\/p>\n

However, the CEO doubled down on the claim specifically for the Cybertruck.<\/p>\n

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Ahead of launching the production version of the Cybertruck,\u00a0Musk claimed the vehicle would be \u201cwaterproof enough\u201d to serve as a boat\u00a0<\/a>and cross rivers:<\/p>\n

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Cybertruck will be waterproof enough to serve briefly as a boat, so it can cross rivers, lakes and even seas that aren\u2019t too choppy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The CEO added that the goal is for a Cybertruck to be able to cross the water between SpaceX\u2019s Starbase and South Padre Island in Texas, which is\u00a0about 360 meters (1,100 feet).<\/p>\n

We have been taking the Cybertruck more seriously with water because we learned that\u00a0Tesla built a \u2018wade mode\u2019<\/a>\u00a0for the truck to be able to go into the water. Tesla says the mode increases the ride height to the max and temporarily \u201cpressurizes the battery pack.\u201d<\/p>\n

The problem is that it is activated through the off-roading mode, which is not covered under Tesla\u2019s warranty \u2013 so we are taking everything with a grain of salt.<\/p>\n

Whenever Tesla\u2019s warranty contradicts what Musk says, it is better to follow to the warranty.<\/p>\n

A Tesla Cybertruck owner in Truckee, California, appears not to have received this sage advice since they activated the wade mode and attempted to get into the water.<\/p>\n

The Cybertruck owner quickly got stuck. The local California Highway Patrol (CHP) shared some pictures of the aftermath (via Facebook<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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