- Throughout a so-called “sturdiness take a look at” earlier this month, the rear subframe of a Tesla Cybertruck snapped off.
- WhistlinDiesel, the YouTuber who did the preliminary destruction, is again with one other video.
- In it, he drops a gas-powered Ford F-150 on some concrete blocks to show that the metal body will maintain.
Earlier this month, YouTuber WhistlinDiesel did one among his signature automobile torture exams on a Tesla Cybertruck and a gas-powered Ford F-150. Lengthy story brief, the Cybertruck’s body snapped on the rear after the tow hitch determined to depart the dialog (in equity, Tesla’s pickup did higher than the Ford in different exams.)
That is fairly the security threat, to place it mildly, and the YouTuber attributed the flaw to using an aluminum composite for the unibody-like construction of the Cybertruck, whereas Ford makes use of good-old metal for its conventional truck frames, together with the all-electric F-150 Lightning.
Suffice it to say, some followers and fans alike didn’t purchase it, saying that the Cybertruck’s sub-structure fractured when it hit an enormous concrete block throughout an earlier take a look at and never whereas towing the F-150. You possibly can watch the entire thing right here should you’re all in favour of some Jackass-style destruction only for the enjoyable of it.
Nicely, the YouTuber is again with a follow-up video the place he tries to show that the F-150’s tow hitch received’t go anyplace–by dropping it dozens of occasions on some concrete blocks after which dropping a kind of blocks on the hitch from 15 ft excessive.
“In the present day, what we’re gonna be doing is dropping our truck from 5 ft on concrete blocks, 100 occasions,” the WhistlinDiesel stated within the video embedded on the high of this web page. They stopped after 40 drops.
Spoiler alert: the hitch, the receiver and the body didn’t brake, though the body did bend from the repeated drops. It’s not one thing {that a} truck proprietor would usually do on a piece day, that’s for certain, however it’s regarding to know that the Cybertruck, a $100,000 pickup that’s rated to tow as much as 11,000 kilos, noticed its hitch snap off.
Moreover, the YouTuber claims he obtained a photograph of one other Cybertruck that misplaced its tow hitch on the freeway after it hit a bump whereas towing a journey trailer. The picture is embedded beneath however keep in mind that we couldn’t confirm any of this info.
He additionally claimed the broken Cybertruck was at a Tesla service middle and that he repeatedly tried to get in contact with the American automaker to get an official response for the preliminary torture take a look at outcomes, however by no means heard again. We additionally reached out to WhistlinDiesel however by no means heard again.