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Tesla Cybertruck gets stuck off-roading on hill whilst Subaru and Toyota vehicles face no problems

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Updated 09:13 25 Jan 2024 GMTPublished 09:14 25 Jan 2024 GMT

Tesla Cybertruck gets stuck off-roading on hill whilst Subaru and Toyota vehicles face no problems

It's a little embarrassing for Tesla, considering the truck is meant to be 'durable and rugged enough to go anywhere'.

Prudence Wade

Prudence Wade

Tesla claims Cybertrucks are 'Built for any planet' - and people are certainly taking this on as a challenge.

In the latest Cybertruck-related video to go viral, one YouTuber has taken his truck off-roading, to really see what it can do.

Ben, the founder of EV services company VoyageATX, posted the video of his honest thoughts, racking up over 80K views in three days.

He took his new electric truck on an off-road course at the Hidden Falls Adventure Park in Texas - and he wasn't alone. Ben (who posts on the YouTube channel @VoyageATX) was accompanied by a Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness and a Toyota 4Runner, so you could really compare how the different vehicles fared.

Throughout the video, Ben stressed he was a newbie to off-roading - saying that someone with more experience might have had more luck in the Cybertruck than he did.

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While Elon Musk's buzzy electric pickup starts well - "It handled a normal old dirt road, no problem whatsoever," Ben said - it doesn't last very long.

When the vehicles get to a steep, rocky hill to climb, the other two trucks go first. The Toyota "killed it", Ben said, watching it zoom up the hill, while the Subaru had "no problem - he definitely slid a bit, but he made it up".

And then came Ben's turn. "The Cybertruck did not make it up that incline," he said - despite trying various different driving modes and tire pressures.

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While Ben did again stress someone with more experience might have been able to make it work, he also said there were a few features that needed updating - namely he really wanted the truck to have diff lockers, which allows both wheels to spin at the same time. This is good for off-roading, as it means that even if one wheel is in the air, it spins with the hope of catching grip on something.

Plus, Ben pleaded with Tesla to make another key update: to not disable the off-road mode every time he got out the car.

But there were definitely positives to the Tesla truck's off-roading efforts. Ben said the front camera made him feel "way more confident" driving over tricky terrain, and the powerful single windscreen wiper fared well when he drove through a massive muddy puddle.

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"For most things, the truck killed it," Ben said - and he'll definitely be back on the trails soon... perhaps with a few adjustments, like removing his mud flaps before he gets going. As you can probably imagine on rocky roads, those bits of plastic didn't last long at all.

Featured Image Credit: VoyageATX/ YouTube
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