Here’s How To Turn The Tesla Cybertruck Into A Semi-Submersible Vehicle
A week after the Tesla Cybertruck’s official reveal, new information about the electric pickup keeps trickling out.
Tesla announced many, but not all of the Cybertruck’s specifications and features at the event, but additional bits have been popping up on social media.
The latest is the existence of a Wade Mode that was uncovered by a Tesla owner and superfan.
It doesn’t appear to allow it to “serve briefly as a boat” as Elon Musk last year claimed it could, but it does engage a couple of interesting features.
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A blurb on the Cybertruck’s control screen says that it raises the ride height, which is achieved through the vehicle’s standard air suspension.
The truck rides on 35-inch tires and is listed with a maximum ground clearance of 17.44 inches when the suspension is in its highest Extract Mode setting.
The screen doesn’t say how deep it can go, but it also says that the mode pressurizes the battery pack.
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Other electric vehicles, like the Rivian R1T, have sealed packs that can withstand submersion and Tesla’s cars and SUVs are often seen driving trough floods, inadvisably.
Tesla hasn’t publicly explained Wade Mode, why it requires pressurization or exactly how watertight the cabin is.
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