--- title: "Cybertruck Breaks Down So Badly It Has to Be Dragged Out of Public" description: "A Cybertruck forum user saw how a truck had to be towed away from a Supercharger station on a flatbed truck because it \"wouldn't charge.\"" date: "2023-10-25" modified: "2023-10-25" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/cybertruck-breaks-down-dragged-out" categories: - "Advanced Transport" tags: - "cybertruck" - "elon musk" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Cybertruck Breaks Down So Badly It Has to Be Dragged Out of Public ![A Cybertruck forum user saw how a truck had to be towed away from a Supercharger station on a flatbed truck because it "wouldn't charge."]() *\Image: CHC / Cybertruck Owners Club\* ## Dead Weight If Tesla CEO Elon Musk is to be believed — and we can give you a [thousand]() [reasons]() as to why that's a bad idea — the company is getting ready to start delivering its long-awaited Cybertruck in a [matter of just weeks](). But from what we've seen lately, there's a good chance the misshapen truck isn't quite ready for mass production just yet. Most recently, a user on the Cybertruck Owners Club forum — which somehow already exists even though, again, it hasn't shipped yet — [described]() an encounter with a Cybertruck that had to be towed away from a Supercharger station in Mojave, California, on a flatbed tow truck because it simply "wouldn't charge." It's a worrying sign Tesla still has a lot of bugs to iron out before it can start delivering the trucks to customers. After all, charging at a Supercharger is kinda integral to the whole Tesla owner experience. ## Cybertow Pictures show the truck first being hoisted onto rolling platforms and then lifted onto the back of the flatbed, seemingly unable to move on its own. It's far from the first broken-down Cybertruck we've come across, from a video of a [stranded truck]() flashing its hazard lights on the side of a California highway earlier this month to an [abandoned one]() being left on the side of an interstate back in August. There's a lot we still don't know about the truck, despite the fact that it's allegedly just weeks away from starting deliveries. We don't know how much it'll cost, let alone the possible configurations, its range, how much it can tow, or how much power it'll have. In short, committing to a vehicle that'll likely [cost a considerable amount more]() than the initially advertised price tag of $40,000 will require some serious faith in Musk's chaotic EV venture. **More on the truck:** *[Elon Musks Says He Unloaded a Tommy Gun Into a Cybertruck "Al Capone Style"]()* ## 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]()