---
title: "Watch a Cybertruck Replace the DeLorean in “Back to the Future”"
description: "YouTuber Elon McFly has uploaded a perfect rendition of what would happen if the iconic DeLorean in \"Back to the Future\" was replaced by a Tesla Cybertruck."
date: "2020-02-07"
modified: "2020-02-07"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/watch-cybertruck-replace-delorean-back-to-the-future"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
tags:
  - "cybertruck"
  - "tesla"
  - "the digest"
  - "Time Travel"
---

# Watch a Cybertruck Replace the DeLorean in “Back to the Future”

![YouTuber Elon McFly has uploaded a perfect rendition of what would happen if the iconic DeLorean in "Back to the Future" was replaced by a Tesla Cybertruck.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/youtube-cybertruck-replace-delorean-back-to-the-future.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Elon McFly via YouTube\</em\>*

## LOL GAS

"When this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit."

A YouTuber who calls themselves Elon McFly has uploaded a [pixel-perfect vision](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUBEXK0_R2Q>) of what would it would look like if the iconic DeLorean in the 1985 blockbuster "Back to the Future" was replaced by a Tesla Cybertruck.

In the clip, the Cybertruck can be seen accelerating to 88mph before traveling through time — leaving behind only two burning tire tracks and a bent license plate that reads "LOL GAS."

https://youtu.be/KUBEXK0_R2Q

## Elon McFly

It's a surprisingly competent fan remake that manages to fool the eye with impressive lighting and rendering. The truck is also exactly what you'd expect a converted time machine Cybertruck to look like, from the haphazard wiring on the exterior to the light-up buttons on the inside.

It's not the Cybertruck's first appearance in popular culture. Rapper Travis Scott heavily featured the pickup truck and its electric ATV companion in his [December music video](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/31657/travis-scott-whips-tesla-cybertruck-and-cyberquad-atv-in-new-jackboys-gang-gang-video>) for the song "Gang Gang."

**READ MORE:** [Tesla Cybertruck blasts “Back to the Future” in amazing fan-remake](<https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-cybertruck-back-to-the-future-fan-video/>) \[*Teslarati*\]

**More on the truck:** *[Elon Musk Admits He Worried “Nobody Would Buy” Tesla’s Cybertruck](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-worried-nobody-buy-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  
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