--- title: "Cybertruck Spotted Covered in Graffiti" description: "Someone finally figured out how to make their Tesla Cybertruck look pretty cool, actually: covering it in graffiti." date: "2024-03-07" modified: "2024-03-07" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/cybertruck-spotted-graffiti" categories: - "Advanced Transport" tags: - "cybertruck" - "electric vehicles" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Cybertruck Spotted Covered in Graffiti ![Someone finally figured out how to make their Tesla Cybertruck look pretty cool, actually: covering it in graffiti.]() *\Image: @timothysaccenti via X\* ## Street Art It happened! Someone figured out how to make their Cybertruck look cool. The public reaction to the Elon Musk-helmed Tesla's Cybertrucks — which are finally hitting highways after years of delays — has been mixed, to put it generously. They get [smudgy](), owners are saying they [rust easily](), and even celebrities like [Kim Kardashian]() can't seem to keep their gleaming, road-borne refridgeratormobiles away from roadway dust. As rapper Cameron Jibril "Wiz Khalifa" Thomaz [put it recently]() after spotting a Cybertruck during a livestream: "the shit look like it came with pre-dirt on it." Finally, though, someone seems to have cracked the "how to not make your Cybertruck look like a midlife crisis" code. To wit: a photo of a graffiti-splattered Cybertruck was [shared to X-formerly-Twitter]() this week by photographer Tim Saccenti — and we must say, the spraypainted vehicle goes impressively hard. (Though the jury's still out on whether this was done intentionally.) "First #Cybertruck I've seen in the wild," the photographer captioned the post, "love the paint job." "Basquiat levels of noooooooooooooooo," he [added](), referring to the fact that "noooooooooooo" is indeed spraypainted onto the truck's side. ![]() ## Dropbox Mad Max We're not the only ones to admit that the paint job looks pretty cool. "This looks sick actually," one X user [responded](), "cyberpunk repo man edition." "Well now it looks cool," said [another](), "like you could use it to run over rich people instead of poor people." "It honestly kind of works," [added]() product designer and writer Cody Brown, "Feels even more cyber punk." But sadly, according to Saccenti, the energy of the dude driving the graffitied Tesla grounded things back in reality. "Balding middle aged pissed off white dude wearing a 'Dropbox' t-shirt driving really killed the Mad Max vibe," the photographer [lamented](). Though to that end, it could be argued that the Cybertruck's inability to drive in [sand](), [snow](), or in some cases over [small hills]() negates the Mad Max of it all from the outset. Anyway. There you have it, folks. If you own a Cybertruck and are struggling to figure out how to keep your expensive, not-so-stainless-steel truck from looking like a musty dusty dweebmobile sans wiping it down every .2 seconds, the trick might just be to lean into the apocalyptic cyberpunk edge of the car's design. Although, as yet another X user pointed out, that might come with its own upkeep troubles. "Don't worry," the netizen [chimed in](), "the graffiti will rust right off." **More on the Cybertruck:** [*Cybertruck Owners Say They're Already Rusting*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()