--- title: "The Cybertruck’s Giant Windshield Wiper Is Floppy" description: "Droopy Wiper We might've solved one of the biggest mysteries plaguing modern car culture today: the massive windshield wiper blade on Tesla's Cybertruck is seemingly made out of a single floppy, rubber-like material. In other words, it may not be composed of multiple standard-issue wiper blades after all, as suspected by The Verge for months […]" date: "2023-12-07" modified: "2023-12-07" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/cybertruck-windshield-wiper-floppy" categories: - "Advanced Transport" tags: - "cybertruck" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # The Cybertruck’s Giant Windshield Wiper Is Floppy ![The massive windshield wiper blade on Tesla's Cybertruck might be made out of a single floppy, rubber-like material. ]() *\Image: Carwow via YouTube\* ## Droopy Wiper We appear to have gotten a peek at one of the biggest mysteries plaguing car culture today: the single massive windshield wiper blade on Tesla's Cybertruck, the end of which is seemingly made from a floppy, rubber-like material. In other words, it may not be composed of multiple standard-issue wiper blades after all, as [suspected by *The Verge*]() for months now. https://youtu.be/wqcu0j3Wsys ## Limited Reach The wiper of Tesla's brutalist pickup EV has been the subject of much speculation for [over a year now](). Ever since the internet first spotted early prototypes with a gargantuan wiper bolted to the left side of its equally massive windshield, it has [ruthlessly mocked]() the design for being not only quirky — but questionably effective as well. The specs alone are baffling. It's just under four feet long, and as Carwow's Mat Watson found out firsthand in a [recent video](), the end is wiggly. Just under a minute into the video, Watson picks up the wiper, revealing that the tip of the wiper blade lifelessly droops down. It's an interesting design choice, especially considering the wiper has been given a big job. "It's the biggest piece of automotive piece of glass on the market," Tesla's VP of vehicle engineering Lars Moravy [told *Top Gear*]() in a video last week. "It's actually pretty big even for architectural glass." As a result, Tesla had to come up with the "biggest truck wiper," according to Moravy, to keep any precipitation or dirt from the glass for visibility. Official pictures shared by the EV maker confirm that the wiper is [only able to reach a small portion]() of the glass, meaning that the passenger side will likely remain dirty while on the road. **More on the Cybertruck:** *[Tesla Has Quietly Built a New Vehicle That Riffs on the 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. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()