--- title: "Leaked Video Shows Cybertruck Tearing It Up Offroad" description: "A newly leaked showroom video shows a Tesla Cybertruck with rear wheel steering and rear view mirrors tear it up on some dirt roads." date: "2021-10-25" modified: "2021-10-25" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/video-cybertruck-offroad" categories: - "Advanced Transport" tags: - "cybertruck" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Leaked Video Shows Cybertruck Tearing It Up Offroad ![A newly leaked showroom video shows a Tesla Cybertruck with rear wheel steering and rear view mirrors tear it up on some dirt roads.]() *\Image: YouTube\* ## Tearing It Up As the release of Tesla's Cybertruck approaches, excitement for the electric pickup truck is starting to ramp up. A newly leaked [showroom video]() shows the hard-edged stainless steel vehicle tearing it up on dirt roads, riding through fields, and doing some sick donuts. The news comes days after Lars Moravy, Vice President of Vehicle Engineering at Tesla, [confirmed]() that the Elon Musk-led automaker is producing "a number of Cybertruck prototypes" during the company's Q3 2021 earnings release last week. "As you may have seen recently in social media, we’ve built a number of alphas and are currently testing those to further mature the design," he added. https://youtu.be/SEXM16IpjL0 ## Turn Notice Moravy also referred to a [separate leaked video](), which shows an early Cybertruck prototype with an impressively tight turning radius. That's due to a new feature allowing its rear wheels to point in the opposite direction, that Moravy called "rear steering" during the call. The truck also sports rear view mirrors, despite early prototypes [showing up in public]() without them. The unusual truck's launch was recently pushed from the end of this year to "late" 2022. Production will take place at Tesla's new Gigafactory near Austin, Texas. Tesla is still taking refundable preorders for a cool $100 on [its website](). How much the truck will actually end up costing, though, remains hazy. The company [recently removed]() the truck's specs and price from its site. The hulking truck isn't likely to end up being the [cheapest car in the company's lineup](), though. **READ MORE:** [New Tesla Cybertruck prototype spotted with mirrors, possible rear wheel steering]() \[*Electrek*\] **More on the truck:** *[Tesla Just Scrubbed the Cybertruck Prices, Specs from Its Website]()* ## 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]()