Can The Tesla Cybertruck Really Off-Road?

Can it jump? Rock crawl? Survive the whoops? Conquer the sand dunes? In short, can the Tesla Cybertruck REALLY off-road?

Viral videos of it struggling on mild inclines tell us ‘no’.

But armed with a Cybertruck featuring Tesla’s latest off-road software update that finally allows you to lock the diffs, we took it – together with a Rivian R1T as a benchmark – to the middle of the Californian desert to find out.

Over to Top Gear Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, Jack Rix, and Head of Car Testing, Ollie Marriage, to give us all an answer…

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:55 Cybertruck - Rock Crawl
03:58 R1T - Rock Crawl
05:22 Cybertruck - The Whoops
07:56 R1T - The Whoops
09:50 Cybertruck - The Jump
10:53 R1T - The Jump
12:07 Cybertruck - Sand Dunes
13:50 R1T - Sand Dunes
14:55 The Verdict

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[TopGear]

Stay tuned for Tesla Cybertruck vs Rivian R1T off-road drag race + Tesla vs Rivian camping setup videos later this week!

[toejmjv]

I like british guys yelling "Conquered" in middle of nowhere US

[tezla]

been years since I watched Top Gear... after stumbling upon this one... I really just feel that I missed the good old trio days....

[MiniMotoAlliance]

A proper safety inspection up on a lift for both trucks after this event would tell us how well they held up.


You can break a lot of things and not realize it till a week or so later. Cracks and bends takes time to present themselves.

[SolveFixBuild]

Finally someone addresses tire pressure. All those videos criticizing the off-road capabilities of any EV truck need to acknowledge the tires have higher psi ratings for efficiency on the road. Off-road generally goes better if you release pressure from the tires so they are able to compliantly spread load over irregular terrain.

[otakucarguyyesweexist]

If it was the old top gear, Jeremy will surely pit it against an actual monstruck or at least a Raptor

[gibbethoskins]

I'm mostly impressed by the fact that those roof top tent bolts and brackets withstood that

[Brotherbear]

Wish you brought an 80s Land Cruiser along for a standard

[alpenfoxvideo]

I'm probably never going to rock crawl or overland, but that was actually fun to watch.

[hadesomegamoto]

I don't know about standard tires. From what I heard the tires on the Cybertruck are produced specifically for the Cybertruck, so they are probably expensive as hell.

The Rivian does impressive rooster tails!

[Cejpat]

since😂when is rubbling over a few pebbles considered "Rock Crawling"?

[Felix]

That yakima rack shows the difference between static and dynamic load ratings and why you need a proper roof rack instead of load bars when mounting a rooftop tent. Cant just slap a rooftop tent on something and call it overland ready.

[Redswipe]

@09:23 "this one feels springier and bouncier than the Cybertruck" yeah, because you were going way faster and finished 20s quicker.

[Vartazian]

Should have brought a standard ICE 4x4 truck to show how it does in comparison..

[freddychang]

"My camry could do all this" - someone on reddit, probably.

[Herotiger]

This is the kind of Top Gear content I was expecting!

[Splurge]

I see the off-roading doesn't include any creeks or streams.

[SolvingTheMoneyProblem]

TL;DW: “I’m blown away by what this is capable of”, “Really impressed”, “I want one”.

[RandomGuy-qmmg]

fun to watch but living pretty close to that off road area i can tell you you'll see everything from a Rivian to a 20 year old Subaru capable of those challenges

[starshipdriver]

Best off roading video of the cybertruck so far!