Tesla driver intentionally drives Cybertruck into lake to test 'Wade' feature, police say

Tesla driver intentionally drives Cybertruck into lake to test 'Wade' feature, police say

The driver was later charged with "numerous water safety equipment violations," according to police.

Man Drives Cybertruck Into Lake to Test Elon Musk's "Boat" Claims, and It Went About as Well as You'd Guess

Longtime Cybertruck watchers might remember a peculiar day back before the brutalist pickup was even released, when Tesla CEO Elon Musk randomly tweeted that the vehicle would function as a rudimentary flotation device. “It will even float for a while,” he wrote at the time. It wasn’t a one-off claim. Musk later boasted that the vehicle would be able to “traverse at least 100m [330 feet] of water as a boat.” “Mostly just need to upgrade cabin do…

'We wouldn't encourage willingly driving your vehicle into the water' — man arrested for driving Cybertruck into a lake to test its Wade Mode, police say

Tesla Cybertruck owner finds out the hard way after getting stuck in a lake and subsequently arrested for testing the vehicle’s Wade Mode.