---
title: "Russians Troll Elon Musk With Knockoff Cybertruck"
description: "A Russian YouTube channel built a knockoff version of Tesla's Cybertruck and then drove it around the streets of Moscow."
date: "2019-12-20"
modified: "2019-12-20"
authors:
  - name: "Kristin Houser"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kristin"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/russian-cybertruck-troll-elon-musk"
categories:
  - "Elon Musk"
  - "Future Society"
  - "The Industrialists"
tags:
  - "cybertruck"
  - "Russia"
  - "tesla"
  - "the digest"
---

# Russians Troll Elon Musk With Knockoff Cybertruck

![A Russian YouTube channel built a knock-off version of Tesla's Cybertruck and then drove it around the streets of Moscow.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/russians-troll-elon-musk-bootleg-cybertruck.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: WildWildMoscow via Twitter\</em\>*

## Russian Ride

Someone is Russia has already gotten their hands of one of Tesla's futuristic-looking [Cybertrucks](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-elon-musk-unveils-blade-runner-cybertruck>). Sort of.

A team of Russian YouTubers has created a look-alike version of the vehicle, and on Thursday, a [video](<https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Oo67wiaPg>) of them driving the knockoff Cybertruck around Moscow began making the rounds on social media.

"How do you like that, Elon Musk?" one Twitter user wrote alongside the [video,](<https://twitter.com/WildWildMoscow/status/1207556393672331265>) according to *Jalopnik's* [translation](<https://jalopnik.com/someones-already-made-their-own-cybertruck-in-moscow-1840532358>) from Russian. "Tesla has not yet started selling Cybertruck, but in Moscow they have already assembled their own."

## Imitation Game

*The Moscow Times* [reports](<https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/12/20/russian-drivers-unveil-knockoff-of-elon-musks-cybertruck-a68700>) that the vehicle is the work of Youtube channel "Pushka Garazh."

Given the, let's say, [distinct look](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/reactions-tesla-cybertruck>) of Tesla's Cybertruck, it's easy to tell it was the inspiration for the group's vehicle. But as *Jalopnik* pointed out, there are a few key differences in the designs.

For one, the Russian Cybertruck has a rectangular rear wheel arch, which the real vehicle has one shaped like half of a hexagon. The bootleg is also a bit shorter in length but taller in height than Tesla's Cybertruck.

## It's (Not) Electric

The differences between the two vehicles aren't just skin deep, either. The YouTubers built their knockoff using a Lada Samara as the base, so unlike the real Cybertruck, it's gas-powered — though the group is considering making an all-electric version.

"We might give it electric traction like Tesla," they [told *360*](<https://360tv.ru/news/transport/zhizn-u-proekta-budet-dalshe-jutubery-vossozdali-cybertruck-ilona-maska/>), a Russian state-owned television channel. "We have a lot of ideas for this project."

**READ MORE:** [Someone's Already Made Their Own Cybertruck In Moscow](<https://jalopnik.com/someones-already-made-their-own-cybertruck-in-moscow-1840532358>) \[*Jalopnik*\]

**More on the Cybertruck:** *[Watch YouTubers Build a Functional Half-Scale Cybertruck, Because Why Not?](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/youtubers-build-functional-half-scale-cybertruck>)*

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjhouser>)