The Beached Whale of Trucks: Yet Again the Tesla Cybertruck Gets Stuck

The beautiful Marina State Beach in Monterey, California has big signs posted that say “no vehicles on beach”.

That’s because it’s a nature preserve, yo. But also because people don’t know how to drive on sand. Everyone knows you can’t drive on beaches in California.

Of course an out of state Cybertruck owner, who probably wants us to believe they are too dumb to read, drove over a curb and the sidewalk to get themselves stuck into the California State Park beach.

Central Coast News station KSBW 8 posted a video to TikTok of the debacle.

And why did Tesla owners think they could drive on sand in the first place? Tesla marketing fraud strikes again.

Lead engineer on Cybertruck fraudulently promotes driving on sand as a solved problem for his product

It goes without saying that Tesla owners thrive on fraud, that they are buying themselves magic privileges, as if Elon Musk elevates them above laws (even the laws of physics) and makes them unaccountable for their obvious harms to society.

Instead of getting themselves unstuck, like any normal truck driver who knows how to use a traction board, this Tesla princess instead stood around hands in pants and had to call in the Marina Fire Department to do the hard work for them.

I’ve written here before about this exact problem: “Why driverless cars can’t understand sand“. I should have added monarchists.

On a hill,
through the snow.
In the sand,
Cybertruck won’t go.

Long story short. Cybertruck should be renamed Cyberstuck.

Lawsuit Alleges Drunk PWC Partner Used Tesla as Weapon

This echoes the Oregon Tesla tragedy. After a day and night of corporate sponsored drinking, a new lawsuit says a Tesla owner was “barely conscious” when he nearly killed a man by accelerating into him from behind.

“After drinking all night,” the lawsuit claimed, “Caba stumbled from the bars in the early morning of June 3, 2023, and attempted to drive home. His blood alcohol was over twice the legal limit, and he was so drunk he was barely conscious.”

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While driving erratically southbound on State Route 85, Caba sped up behind Cooper, a Santa Clara County resident driving home from work, at about 100 mph, “approaching Mr. Cooper’s car as if it were standing still,” the lawsuit alleged.

Caba’s Tesla alerted him to the presence of Cooper’s vehicle, “but due to (Caba’s) level of intoxication and excessive speed, (he) ignored the warning signs and plowed right into the rear of Mr. Cooper’s vehicle,” the lawsuit claimed. “The forceful collision nearly killed Mr. Cooper and resulted in numerous forceful impacts along with catastrophic and lifelong injuries.”

Hong Kong Tesla Blows Stop Sign, Collides With School Bus

Source: The Standard

Reported by The Standard

A Tesla collided with a school bus in Sham Shui Po after failing to stop at the double white lines on Wednesday afternoon. According to the video recorded yesterday (Mar 6), it showed a Tesla, heading toward the junction of Tai Nan Street and Wong Chuk Street, and failing to stop at the road markings signalling a mandatory stop at the intersection and directly exited the Tai Nan Street.

New 670HP 3.3sec 0-60 Dodge EV Charger Scat Pack Hides an Exhaust Sound Machine

It’s a fascinating machine, a real thing of beauty. The Charger, especially the Scat Pack variant, is full of thoughtful and detailed engineering that makes it a whole new class of EV.

…power can be unleashed via a button on the steering wheel, providing a 15-second boost. […] Dodge offers its already famous Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust sound generator to match the roar of a Charger Hellcat.

A pipe organ in a muscle car. That’s the most dark mod thing I’ve read in years. Only thing better would be if it literally had giant bone-shaking fire-breathing pipes sticking out of the sides.

Dodge really deserves credit for hitting it out of the ballpark with its old skool take on EV innovations.

When I hear a Hellcat’s tuned engine, honestly, the first thing that comes to my mind is a Totoro “Catbus” (ネコバス or Nekobasu).

Meeeooow.

Also I recall over a decade ago discussing with Pete Melvin “cigarette boats” in Florida as they drifted along the inter-coastal waterway, giant petroleum guzzling engines idling with gurgles as they tried to passively generate attention for being excessive and obnoxious. He said “I should build a shell around a tiny electric trawling motor and add some huge sound pipes”. And that’s why Pete’s a genius.