---
title: "Watch This Adorable Mini Cybertruck Drift in the Snow"
description: "YouTubers from \"The Hacksmith\" have made great progress on their half scale Tesla Cybertruck, drifting around a snowy parking lot in their latest video."
date: "2020-01-17"
modified: "2020-01-17"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/adorable-mini-cybertruck-drift-snow-video"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
tags:
  - "cybertruck"
  - "tesla"
  - "the digest"
  - "YouTube"
---

# Watch This Adorable Mini Cybertruck Drift in the Snow

![YouTubers from "The Hacksmith" have made great progress on their half scale Tesla Cybertruck, drifting around a snowy parking lot in their latest video.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/adorable-mini-cybertruck-drift-snow.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: The Hacksmith\</em\>*

## Cybertruck Kart

YouTubers from the account "The Hacksmith" have built a half-scale Cybertruck, the stainless steel monstrosity Tesla [first showed off](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-elon-musk-unveils-blade-runner-cybertruck>) in November.

In a new update video uploaded Thursday, the team can be seen whipping around a snowy parking lot in the tiny vehicle.

https://youtu.be/-ambh1SGvzs

## Small yet Mighty

The Canadian team of engineering enthusiasts constructed the adorable miniature out of the skeleton of a golf cart. They slapped on a powerful all-wheel electric drivetrain featuring three motors for killer performance.

According [to the team](<https://youtu.be/AjMsxrbjn7M>), the mini Cybertruck has 50 percent more torque than a 5-liter F-150 pickup truck.

Sections of the Cybertruck's "exoskeleton" had to be plasma cut and welded together out of almost [300 square feet](<https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/a30245590/half-scale-tesla-cybertruck/>) of stainless steel.

## Fun Size

The vehicle can barely fit two adults, in an almost entirely horizontal position with foot pedals placed right behind the front bumper. In other words, this thing wouldn't pass inspection in a million years.

The scaled down truck appears essentially finished except for the interior. The team is planning to plant an iPad on the dashboard to replicate its big brother's massive 17 inch touchscreen console.

**READ MORE:** [How James Hobson (a.k.a. The Hacksmith) brings in six figures a year building superhero props on YouTube](<https://torontolife.com/city/life/internet-famous-how-james-hobson-a-k-a-the-hacksmith-brings-in-500000-a-year-building-superhero-props-on-youtube/>) \[*Toronto Life*\]

**More on the mini truck:** *[Watch YouTubers Build a Functional Half-Scale Cybertruck, Because Why Not?](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/youtubers-build-functional-half-scale-cybertruck>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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