--- title: "Carmaker Challenges Cybertruck to Off-Road Race Against Fuel Cell Vehicle" description: "A hydrogen powered fuel cell vehicle has challenged Tesla's cybertruck to an off road race at the 2023 Baja 1000. Learn more about this news." date: "2021-01-04" modified: "2021-01-13" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/carmaker-challenges-cybertruck-off-road-race-fuel-cell-vehicle" categories: - "Advanced Transport" tags: - "cybertruck" - "elon musk" - "hydrogen powered" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Carmaker Challenges Cybertruck to Off-Road Race Against Fuel Cell Vehicle ![A boutique automotive manufacturer is challenging Elon Musk to race the Cybertruck at the 2023 Baja 1000 with a hydrogen-powered vehicle.]() *\Image: Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus\* ## Baja Challenge The Baja 1000 has long been the ultimate test for off-road vehicles. The international race stretches over 1,000 miles of dirt track, sand dunes, and steep inclines on the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. Tesla CEO Elon Musk bragged in April that the electric car company's [much-hyped Cybertruck]() would pass the challenge with flying colors. "We’re working on increasing dynamic air suspension travel for better off-roading," Musk wrote in a [tweet at the time](), referring to the Cybertruck. "Needs to kick butt in Baja." Now, a Tesla competitor is throwing down the gauntlet, [*Teslarati* reports](). James Glickenhaus, leader of the boutique automotive manufacturer Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, challenged Musk to "bring it" at the 2023 Baja event, challenging Tesla to a race — against Glickenhaus' hydrogen-powered off-road vehicle. ## Cybertruck vs. Hydrogen It's an especially spicy challenge considering [Musk's views on the matter](). "You have said that Hydrogen technology is 'Mind boggling \[sic\] stupid,'" Glickenhaus wrote in an [Instagram post](). "You've also mentioned that The Baja would be a great test for your Cyber Truck \[sic\]. We say Bring It." "The Baja 1000 would be a great test for your Cyber Truck \[sic\]," the boutique owner wrote, noting that its gas-powered vehicles raced the Baja 1000 twice, winning last year's Baja 1000 Class 2. ## Charge Cars Glickenhaus' plan is to convert that winning formula to a hydrogen powertrain in order to race in the 2023 Baja 1000. "This would be a great time for you to join the race with your Cyber Truck \[sic\]," he wrote. Glickenhaus even offered up to "set up charging stations for your Cybertruck," noting that one tank of hydrogen should be enough for "the entire 1,000 miles." Tesla's top-of-the-range Cybertruck with three motors only has an estimated range of "500 plus miles," according to the [company's website](). **READ MORE:** [Tesla Cybertruck challenged to 1k-mile race against hydrogen-powered off-road beast]() \[*Teslarati*\] **More on the Cybertruck:** *[Toy Cybertrucks Will Be Delivered Too Late For Christmas]()* ## 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. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()