A content creator left internet users stunned after putting a Tesla Cybertruck through a “durability test,” with a crushing defeat for the modern truck from Elon Musk‘s company.
Earlier this month, YouTuber Whistlin Diesel decided to conduct a durability test with a Ford F-150 and a Tesla Cybertruck. The content creator showed how the Cybertruck’s structure broke at the rear after the trailer hitch came loose.
It is important to note that Tesla’s pickup performed better than the Ford in other tests. However, this defeat in the YouTuber’s test still poses a significant safety risk. In the video, Whistlin attributed the failure to the use of an aluminum compound for the Cybertruck’s structure.
Quickly, Cybertruck fans and enthusiasts rushed to justify Tesla’s pickup defeat, claiming that the Cybertruck’s substructure fractured when it hit a large concrete block during a previous test, not during the F-150 towing.
In response, the YouTuber recorded a follow-up video where he attempts to prove that the F-150’s trailer hitch didn’t go anywhere, dropping it dozens of times onto some concrete blocks and then dropping one of those blocks onto the hitch from over 4 meters high.
He showed that neither the hitch, the receiver, nor the frame broke, although the frame bent with the repeated drops. Therefore, it is concerning to know that the Cybertruck, a pickup costing over $100,000, had its hitch break so easily.
Photo and video: YouTube @whistlindiesel. This content was created with the help of AI and reviewed by the editorial team.
