---
title: "Watch YouTubers Build a Functional Half-Scale Cybertruck, Because Why Not?"
description: "Tinkerers behind the YouTube account \"The Hacksmith\" are building a half-scale model of Tesla's recently announced Cybertruck."
date: "2019-12-13"
modified: "2019-12-13"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/youtubers-build-functional-half-scale-cybertruck"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
tags:
  - "cybertruck"
  - "tesla"
  - "the digest"
  - "YouTube"
---

# Watch YouTubers Build a Functional Half-Scale Cybertruck, Because Why Not?

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/youtubers-build-functional-half-scale-cybertruck.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: The Hacksmith via Facebook\</em\>*

## Cybertruck Mini?

Tinkerers behind YouTube account "The Hacksmith" are building a half-scale model of Tesla's recently announced Cybertruck — and yeah, it'll be able to be driven, just like the real thing.

You won't be able to drive this on the road though — no way it's passing any kind of real inspection. But it *will* [fit into your garage](<https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-cybertruck-dimensions-size-garage/>) and weigh far, far less than [10,000 pounds](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-cybertrucks-weigh-10000-pounds>).

The electric pickup [revealed](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-elon-musk-unveils-blade-runner-cybertruck>) earlier this year has become quite the sensation in large part thanks to a brutalist design, featuring crude angles. It almost looks like something out of an [early Tomb Raider video game](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/reactions-tesla-cybertruck>).

https://youtu.be/cGR9EOgMY6w

## Cyber-Golf Cart

So far, the Hacksmith team has assembled the body, made out of bent and plasma-cut pieces of 1/8 inch stainless steel. The pieces are held together by welds.

Parts for the drivetrain were taken from a decommissioned golf cart, including steering and suspension. The team is planning to install two powerful electric motors at each axle.

You can follow the progress of the Cybertruck model over the next few weeks over at the team's [YouTube channel](<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjgpFI5dU-D1-kh9H1muoxQ>).

**READ MORE:** [Half-Scale Tesla Cybertruck Recreation Is Almost Better Than the Real Deal](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/31467/half-scale-tesla-cybertruck-recreation-is-almost-better-than-the-real-deal>) \[*The Drive*\]

More on Cybertruck: [*Tesla: Cybertrucks Could Weigh Up To 10,000 Pounds*](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-cybertrucks-weigh-10000-pounds>)

## 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.

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