--- title: "Elon Musk Says the Cybertruck Will Double as a Boat" description: "It's a truck, it's a trapezoid, it's a trawler? Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the highly anticipated Cybertruck can serve as a boat, but is he serious?" date: "2022-09-29" modified: "2022-09-29" authors: - name: "Frank Landymore" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/flandymore" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-cybertruck-boat" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "cybertruck" - "elon musk" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Elon Musk Says the Cybertruck Will Double as a Boat ![It's a truck, it's a trapezoid, it's a trawler? Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the highly anticipated Cybertruck can serve as a boat, but is he serious?]() *\Image: Frederic J. Brown via Getty / Futurism\* ## Knee-Deep Tesla’s elusive Cybertruck has had fanboys and potential buyers excited for years since it was [first unveiled in 2019](). It’s not hard to see why, with its sleek, polygonal features looking like something rendered in the original 1982 "Tron," and claims of remarkable durability and bulletproof glass that sounds like the selling points of an action figure’s car. Piling on all that, here’s another claim from Tesla CEO Elon Musk: the EV truck will also double as a boat, he says. "Cybertruck will be waterproof enough to serve briefly as a boat, so it can cross rivers, lakes and even seas that aren’t too choppy," [said Musk in a tweet](). "Needs \[to\] be able to get from Starbase to South Padre Island, which requires crossing the channel." ## Dead in the Water In all likelihood, Musk’s tweet is probably just him being [facetious once again](), but you can never be sure. In 2020, Musk [tweeted]() that the truck could "even float for a while," but did not go as far to equate it to an actual watercraft like he did today. (Interestingly, one overly-eager company already envisioned an [amphibious kit]() for the Cybertruck earlier this year.) It’s not even Musk’s most ridiculous claim regarding the brutalist whip. In 2019, Musk [tweeted]() that a special "pressurized edition" of the Cybertruck would be "the official truck of Mars," further [hinting]() that it would be aboard a planned Starship cargo mission to the Red Planet, which of course hasn't happened yet — and, to be realistic, may never. Pretty much the only claim we’ll believe from Musk, for now, is his sobering [announcement]() that the initially promised $39,900 price point of the Cybertruck is dead and gone, so expect to pay more than that if your eyes are set on the vehicle. Whether it can actually double as a boat or not, Musk should probably be careful about what he puts out there, considering that people actually bought into the Mars Cybertruck hype. If the boat claims are about as not-bulletproof as the [supposedly bulletproof glass](), we'd recommend not planning on driving one into a pond. **More on the Cybertruck:** *[Extremely Beat Up Tesla Cybertruck Spotted on Public Street]()* ## Author At Futurism, my work has often centered on bringing a sense of clarity and insight to complex topics ranging from the regulation of emerging technologies to the esoteric ideologies of Silicon Valley executives, while striving not to lose the poetic sense of awe inspired by often-obscure fields like astrophysics and quantum computing. I broke the story of CNET using AI to produce articles that turned out to be riddled with factual errors and plagiarism — a dam-breaking inflection point, as I've reported, that's inspired copycats and endless discourse while beguiling stakeholders ranging from tech giants to purveyors of spam around the web. My work at Futurism has been cited by publications including CBS News, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, Gizmodo, Engadget, the Verge, and Vanity Fair. I grew up in locales ranging from India to China, and now live in the exotic suburbs of Virginia. In my free time, I'm an avid reader of weird sci-fi literature, an aficionado of East Asian cinema, and, regrettably, a relapsed gamer. Allegedly, I’m working on a debut novel, currently untitled. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()