Tesla clears the air on Cybertruck ‘deactivation’ video that is obviously fake

A Viral Cybertruck Hoax Got So Big, Tesla Had to Break Its Silence

A bizarre video claiming the company remotely disabled a customer's Cybertruck went so viral that Tesla, a company famously without a PR department, was forced to publicly deny it.

Tesla clears the air on Cybertruck ‘deactivation’ video that is obviously fake

Tesla has cleared the air regarding a video that has been circulating, where the owner claims his Cybertruck was “deactivated” by the company while he was driving. The video was shared on X and showed a driver pulled over on the side of the road, claiming his Cybertruck had been deactivated by Tesla in the middle of traffic. It is very obviously fake to those who know the company, but these kinds of things have a tendency to pick up steam. This…

That viral video of a ‘deactivated’ Tesla Cybertruck is a fake

Did Tesla remotely deactivate a Cybertruck in the middle of a highway because the owner featured it in an unauthorized music video? The story already seemed highly unlikely, and on Monday afternoon, Tesla tweeted about the video, saying, “This is fake – that’s not our screen. Tesla does NOT disable vehicles remotely.” On Sunday, Instagram user @bighuey313 posted a video of his supposed deactivated Cybertruck, complete with a flashing red warning…

Detroit Rapper Accuses Tesla of Shutting Down His Cybertruck in the Freeway After He Made a Rap Song for the Truck: 'Money Well Spent'

The appeal of the Tesla Cybertruck is still not lost on some people, just like one rapper named Big Huey from Detroit, Michigan. The aforementioned Detroit rapper notably drives a Tesla truck, though it appears he might not be content with it since he released a rap song highlighting the truck back on July 19. A few weeks after the rap song was released, Big Huey alleged that Tesla shut down or remotely deactivated his Cybertruck right in the mi…

Rapper Fakes Video Claiming Tesla Deactivated His Cybertruck

Big Huey staged a video where he was allegedly broken down on a highway in the US. Tesla quickly confirmed the clip was fake and that it doesn’t disable vehicles remotely. Included in the rapper’s posts was a letter with a fake signature from Tesla’s VP of Legal. An American rapper by the name of Big Huey has spectacularly claimed that Tesla remotely deactivated his Cybertruck after he released a song named after the controversial electric picku…