---
title: "Man Attempts to Hack Through Cybertruck Using Large Axe"
description: "A Cybertruck bro filmed himself trying to destroy the expensive vehicle — and for once, the truck looks like it mostly held up. "
date: "2025-03-30"
modified: "2025-03-30"
authors:
  - name: "Noor Al-Sibai"
    job_title: "Senior Staff Writer"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai"
url: "https://futurism.com/man-cybertruck-axe-video"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
tags:
  - "axe"
  - "cybertruck"
  - "elon musk"
  - "tesla"
---

# Man Attempts to Hack Through Cybertruck Using Large Axe

![A Cybertruck bro filmed himself trying to destroy the expensive vehicle — and for once, the truck looks like it mostly held up. ](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/man-cybertruck-axe-video.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Tesla Owners Silicon Valley\</em\>*

A Cybertruck bro filmed himself trying to destroy the expensive vehicle in dramatic fashion: by attempting to hack through it using a large axe.

In a [newly-resurfaced video](<https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K8S28Td2jdo>) originally posted by the [notorious Elon Musk fanboys](<https://www.reddit.com/r/WeTheFifth/comments/1j9a0lo/rent_seeking_behavior_in_full_display_at_the/>) at Tesla Owners Silicon Valley, the dude takes the axe to the Cybertruck, striking it repeatedly on the left passenger side door.

With his co-bro filming him from multiple angles, the unidentified man hacks away repeatedly at the car, leaving some solid divots in its stainless steel "exoskeleton."

https://www.twitter.com/teslaownersSV/status/1797057790776868870

While the Cybertruck looks like it handled the beating reasonably well, the men behind the video didn't open the freshly-dented door to see if there was interior damage.

Naturally, the folks at the [r/Cyberstuck subreddit](<https://www.reddit.com/r/CyberStuck/comments/1jjpmyp/wankpanzer_owner_testing_the_exoskeleton_with_an/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button>) made sure to point out the discrepancy.

"Now open the door and show the panel," [one Redditor quipped](<https://www.reddit.com/r/CyberStuck/comments/1jjpmyp/comment/mjp1r4c/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button>), adding a "lol" in at the end for good measure.

"Better yet, open and close the windows," another responded. "Bet at least one of those steps won't work."

Indeed, though the Cybertruck itself survived the axing — and, it appears, assaults with both a [sledgehammer](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSFfueMiIQo>) and a [pickaxe](<https://x.com/teslaownersSV/status/1797057790776868870>) from the same guys — the cracking sounds that it made in the midst of the assault didn't exactly inspire confidence.

As yet another user noted, automotive vlogger [WhistlinDiesel demonstrated a similar effect](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK_EJ3DyiiA>) last year when he had nearly a dozen of his cronies attack a Cybertruck with various implements. Ultimately, the car itself was mostly okay, but the door panel did come off easily afterward, suggesting that the durability [Musk had been promising for years](<https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-electric-pickup-bulletproof-stainless-steel-body/>) has some serious caveats.

For all its [many well-documented issues](<https://www.fastcompany.com/91109879/a-timeline-of-tesla-cybertruck-problems-from-rust-to-hail-damage-to-pedal-recalls>), Cybertrucks are apparently so difficult to axe one's way into that firefighters were not able to do so in [viral videos](<https://x.com/OwenSparks_/status/1837221850650235197>) that circulated last September — a different kind of safety issue for the [increasingly unpopular Tesla](<https://futurism.com/crowd-cheers-tv-shows-cybertrucks-burning>) that was recently subjected to a [near-total recall](<https://futurism.com/tesla-cybertruck-recall-piece-flying-off>).

Poking fun at this uneven dynamic, [podcaster Pat Blanchfield tweeted](<https://x.com/PatBlanchfield/status/1837849174533894510>) last year that it's "so cool that firemen can’t get you out of a burning cybertruck with their axes but a thief in a parking lot can peel open its windows with an adze in seconds" — a reference to yet another viral moment showing someone "[peeling](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/burglar-cybertruck-glass-window>)" a Cybertruck's window pane off with ease and gaining access to its interior.

When it comes to the Cybertruck, almost nothing surprises us anymore — but it is pretty hilarious that it's seemingly solid in some ways and a complete lemon in others.

**More on Cybertrucks:** [*Someone Else Tested Whether a Tesla Will Really Crash Into a Wall Painted Like a Road*](<https://futurism.com/someone-else-tested-tesla-crash-wall-painted-road>)

## Author
At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow.

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