Tesla Cybertruck sinks in Ventura Harbor after botched Jet Ski launch

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-11/cybertruck-takes-a-dip-in-ventura-harbor-spurring-multi-agency-rescue-mission

Tesla founder Elon Musk tweeted in 2022 that the Cybertruck “will be waterproof enough to serve briefly as a boat, so it can cross rivers, lakes & even seas that aren’t too choppy.” This truck, however, quickly sank in 8 feet of water, said Carson Shevitz, captain of TowBoatUS Ventura, who helped coordinate the rescue.

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iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works · 44 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Is the water the domestic terrorist in this case?

harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 1y

Definitely - just look at its name - Dihydrogen Monoxide. Definitely foreign.

MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y

If you can't sell it, sink it... then collect the insurance.

evidences@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y

Great now the people nearby have to choose between getting electrocuted or eaten by a nearby shark.

dellish@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y

Here I am surprised it didn't catch fire

Zier@fedia.io · 9 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Girrrllllllllllll! Did you hear? Tesla just launched the CyberSubmarine. They goin' deep girl!

grimaferve@fedia.io · 7 pts · 1y

Will they be piloting this one with a controller as well?

IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

Too bad it wasn’t ready in time to rescue those people trapped in that cave a few years ago…

DogPeePoo@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Ahoy mate!

aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y

credo@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Maybe we should start a community for trashed teslas? Name ideas?

reev@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y

trashedteslas

hibsen@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

!Cyberstuck@lemmy.ca exists, think this made it there too.

Tronn4@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Even gravity hates cybertrashcans

bender@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 1y

Well it is an amphibious exploring vehicle, so it should be fine, right?