The Cybertruck is finally out on roads, and most people can already agree that it sucks.


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Not only does the stainless steel vehicle look like something you would make on day two of using AutoCAD, but its ridiculous shape and material choice means that it also faces the many issues for which Tesla has come to be known. “Sub 10 micron accuracy”? Try panel gaps big enough to drive a whole other car through. To top it all off, it’s also probably not going to be allowed in the EU. Good work, Elon!


But maybe all of this can be ignored. After all, the Cybertruck is a truck — and as long as it can do truck things, we should be okay, right?


Ha. Ha ha ha.



This video shows a Cybertruck attempting the near-impossible feat known as “driving.” It proves too much for the metal beast, and soon, the vehicle needs to be rescued by a real car.


As a follow-up post reveals, some of this is not the Cybertruck’s fault. For example, the drivers used the “wrong tires” and did not air them down. However, there were also issues with the truck itself — a software issue messed with the back brakes, and in the end, it had to be recovered by its suspension due to other software issues.



Naturally, a bunch of people who’ve never left Southern California were quick to respond to the video by saying that the driver was *completely* at fault. If they had just been a better driver, these sunburnt people say, the driver would have been able to escape this area just fine.


Personally, I’m going to call B.S. As a child of the Midwest, I spent many winters horribly abusing a 2008 Toyota 4Runner with all-weather tires. The car, a piece of junk that more than one mechanic said shouldn’t be road legal, could handle areas like the one displayed in the video with ease. So either the spot shown in the clip is deceptively difficult, or — the more likely option — Elon is just kinda bad at making cars.



At least it’s bulletproof!