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Musk: Tesla Cybertruck is waterproof and can serve as a boat to cross rivers, lakes & calm seas 🤯

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If the passenger compartment seals very well it would need to displace 7000??? pounds of water to float. (All math is rounded aggressively) 7000/8.5 pounds per gallon= 825 gallons of air, so about 132 cubic feet. If the bed also seals well enough to keep water out, that would likely be 62 cubic feet (based on f150 6.5 foot bed), but that would have the water lapping over the edge of the bed. That leaves 70 more cubic feet of air volume...Passenger compartment up to the shoulders of the occupants? Maybe the frunk is also water tight?
 

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If the passenger compartment seals very well it would need to displace 7000??? pounds of water to float. (All math is rounded aggressively) 7000/8.5 pounds per gallon= 825 gallons of air, so about 132 cubic feet. If the bed also seals well enough to keep water out, that would likely be 62 cubic feet (based on f150 6.5 foot bed), but that would have the water lapping over the edge of the bed. That leaves 70 more cubic feet of air volume...Passenger compartment up to the shoulders of the occupants? Maybe the frunk is also water tight?
Battery pack, tires all have air inside.
 

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Battery pack, tires all have air inside.
I forgot about that... Do maybe outside water height would not be so bad.

Maybe this is the best ice fishing accessory EVER. Heat, protection from the wind and if the ice wasn't really thick enough and it falls through...So what, it floats. All the other ice fishermen/women will be SO jealous as they stare at you through their icicle crusted eyelashes.
 

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Most cars and light trucks will serve as a boat with no propulsion and no rudder for a short amount of time. Prepare to be swept downstream with no control where you end up.
Footage from FL showing all the cars caught in storm surge flooding got swept randomly into piles that look like junkyards.

The off-roaders who go in water know that you actually want to flood the vehicle so it doesn't float. You want it to sink so you still have some kind of traction from your wheels. Take the doors off to let the stream in. Take the roof off so you can bail out easier if it gets too deep.
 

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Most cars and light trucks will serve as a boat with no propulsion and no rudder for a short amount of time. Prepare to be swept downstream with no control where you end up.
Footage from FL showing all the cars caught in storm surge flooding got swept randomly into piles that look like junkyards.

The off-roaders who go in water know that you actually want to flood the vehicle so it doesn't float. You want it to sink so you still have some kind of traction from your wheels. Take the doors off to let the stream in. Take the roof off so you can bail out easier if it gets too deep.
It's a jeep thing??
 

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Going to make for some interesting AAA roadside calls & insurance claims…
 

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I'm surprised he didn't claim it was also a submarine.
 

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Hard pass.

The sad part is about 90% of his "fans" would believe anything this guy tells them....
 

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🤣 Elon is Hilarious
 

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Why not. After all, I think the design inspiration was the LCVP Higgins boat.

And now the superfans will have another superiority factor they'll parrot from here on out.
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