We’re still several days away from the long-awaited launch of the Tesla Cybertruck on November 30, which means there should be no examples of the EV pickup yet in the hands of would-be owners who’ve been patiently waiting years to get behind the wheel.
But the world’s most angular truck obviously isn’t quite as patient as those buyers. It couldn’t wait to get into the kind of trouble owners will experience and has already been filmed getting towed and being busted by a fixed speed camera.
First up we’ve got some footage of the Cybertruck taking a trip backwards through the streets of San Francisco. It’s being hauled by a yellow Ram truck belonging to a Brisbane-based firm called Atlantis, who are currently enjoying some seriously great free publicity thanks to the attention being paid to their precious cargo.
A glimpse of what looks like a parking ticket under the windshield wiper suggests the RC prototype Cybertruck’s driver didn’t call for a tow due to some mechanical problem. We can also see that the tow company was well prepared because the front wheels of the Tesla are resting on a dedicated trolley while the back end is hoisted high in the air.
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The second, rather more fast-paced bit of footage shows a Cybertruck hauling hard on a Canadian freeway, as captured by the cameras on another Tesla that just so happened to be on the same stretch of road. The Cybertruck’s full-width front light bar is illuminated as the pickup flies past the recording car on the far right lane before moving across to the far left lane and accelerating past another truck.
The footage is sped up, but even so, you can tell that the Cybertruck isn’t hanging around, something confirmed by the flash from the speed camera it passes. The Cybertruck’s driver instinctively hits the brakes, but of course by that point, it’s too late.
All we need now to complete the car-fail triple whammy is some pictures of a Cybertruck to appear on the website of salvage auction company Copart. And since the first customers are due to get their trucks very soon, we don’t imagine we’ll be waiting long.
First Cybertruck speeding ticket? 📐 💨
The Canadian Cybertruck was busted by a speed camera in Montreal 🇨🇦 last night. Wonder who pays that ticket? @elonmusk? pic.twitter.com/6wF8rzkUxS— Drive Tesla 🇨🇦 (@DriveTeslaca) November 23, 2023