A vehicle expert has warned not to use a Cybertruck to tow other vehicles.
It turns out the Tesla Cybertruck might not be the towing beast some expected.
YouTuber JerryRigEverything previously made a video about the things he disliked about the Cybertruck.
His YouTube Short titled "DANGER: DO NOT TOW WITH A CYBERTRUCK" focuses on one of his pain points with the vehicle which is its towing capabilities.
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"I just assumed and trusted the 11,000 lb towing capacity that Tesla gave us," Jerry described. "But I should have known from when Elon [Musk] put the infinity sign next to towing at the launch event that Tesla was not taking towing seriously."
He continued: "WhistlinDiesel showed us that the steel bumper tube is literally just bolted onto a cast aluminium frame inside the truck."
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The torture test saw the tow hitch completely snap off the frame of the truck in what seems to be a critical flaw in the vehicle design.
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To be fair, the test was extreme - but it left many wondering if the Cybertruck is really built for towing big loads as first advertised.
On the Tesla website, it reads that the maximum towing capacity of the vehicle is 11,000 lb (4,990 kg) with a maximum tongue weight of 1,100 lb (499 kg).
The website reads: "The tongue weight is the downward force that the weight of the trailer exerts on the hitch. It must not exceed 10% of the maximum towing capacity."
Not only that but the cast aluminium frame and hitch comes with its own limitations.
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"I trust steel to tow my truck but not aluminium, especially not cast aluminium," Jerry explained.
The Cybertruck is engineered to be extremely strong and durable trucks heck, even bulletproof!
However, no vehicle is invincible, at least not yet.
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"Tesla has sold about 30,000 of these trucks so far and from what I've seen online there are about three that have had their hitch completely fall off," the tech YouTuber said.
"As a work truck, we've stopped towing things with our Cybertruck just because the risk is too high."
He concluded: "It's a bummer we can't use the Cybertruck as a truck."
Viewers have taken to the comments section to discuss whether the Cybertruck’s innovative design is more style than substance.
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""Spontaneous disassembly" is such a kind way to say "this s**t falls apart" lmao," one user humorously described.
"I'm not an engineer but even I know that Aluminum is not made for that stuff," another viewer pointed out.
"That body design looks like somebody welded a bunch of scrap metals together in their garage," one other comment read.