Elon Says Tesla's Cybertruck Will Be 'Waterproof Enough.' Just Like It Was Steel-Ball-Proof Enough?
Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote on Twitter Thursday that his long-promised Cybertruck would be “waterproof enough” to operate as a boat, the day before Tesla will give a demonstration of its artificial intelligence capabilities.
In a followup tweet, Musk said he “needs” his company’s big, inelegant crime against polygons to travel from his still in-development Texas-based spaceport Starbase to South Padre Island, located off the state’s southwestern coastline. The channel he could be referring to might be the Brazos Santiago Pass north of the SpaceX Launch Facility, requiring a short jaunt from Brazos Island to South Padre. Of course, he could take the bridge that requires just a few miles driving around the cape, but the man is notorious for taking extremely short flights in his private jet, so maybe he’s just looking for a more low-key way to travel.
I mean, it is a car, and there is a bridge, so why does anybody, let alone Musk need to risk the Cybertruck, even if it’s just for some upcoming promotion? As much as he might want a Bond-like transforming car-submarine , He’s made such promises before about his Tesla cars. In 2016, he said the Model S floats “well enough to turn it into a boat for short periods of time .” Thrust would come via rotating the wheels, which obviously seems like an incredibly inefficient method of propulsion.
