In the first few months after Tesla began delivering the Cybertruck, we scoured the internet for totaled vehicles. Now they’re pouring in, and this burned-out Cybertruck is the latest of the roughly 13,000 delivered so far.
It was considered unbreakable, invincible, bulletproof, waterproof and able to withstand anything. But the vehicle we are looking at here has become a pile of stainless steel, confirming that there is always something stronger than the strongest.
However, this is not a game of rock-paper-scissors. It is just a Tesla Cybertruck that has seen better days. The vehicle caught fire and ended up as a total loss at an auction. IAAI will auction it soon. The EV is still waiting for a title, but looks like a total loss. The body panels are so glued together that you can’t even tell the front from the rear, so there’s no chance in the world that the car will ever be back on the road.
It’s not clear if the vehicle crashed and eventually burned to ash after impact, or if it simply caught fire while parked or while driving. The first thing that came to mind when we saw the photos was the Cybertruck that crashed and burned on a road in the Bayton Area, Texas, earlier this month.
The incident resulted in the first fatality on board a Cybertruck. The driver did not survive. He was alone in the vehicle when he reportedly lost control of the pickup truck and crashed into a ditch. The Cybertruck immediately caught fire.
Photo: IAAI
However, the photos showed an electric car that had broken into pieces, most of the parts of which had simply melted in the fire. The model shown here is still hanging from a prayer. What’s left of the roof has been dented backwards (or is it forwards?). The cabin is also a thing of the past. The seats, the dashboard, the screens and everything else have simply been liquefied in the fire.
Not much of what’s left could be sold on the used auto parts market. Still, auto repair experts would line up to get something they need for the Cybertrucks they’re currently working on.
Take this guy, for example. He bought the first totaled Tesla Cybertruck last month and is working hard to repair it. However, finding the necessary components to do so is incredibly difficult, and waiting for genuine Tesla parts would be expensive and take forever.
The Cybertruck he was working on was hit by a Ford Edge and pushed against a curb at an intersection. The owner wanted nothing more to do with the total loss, but immediately ordered another Cybertruck because he considers the model to be the epitome of safety.
Photo: IAAI
The pickup truck shown here is far worse than Tesla’s first total loss. Much of the front end is gone, while the rest of the body panels are all fire damaged. The wheels and suspension must have melted in the fire, because the vehicle is lying directly on the ground.
Many Cybertrucks are total losses, for some drivers they might be too much
Too much power and too much torque in a heavy vehicle is not for everyone. Keeping the Tesla Cybertruck under control requires more than just a driver’s license.
The entry-level dual-motor Cybertruck is a 600-horsepower vehicle that accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.9 seconds and has a top speed of 180 km/h. The lightest dual-motor version weighs 3,009 kilograms, which makes it no lightweight on the road.
There are plenty of Cybertrucks on the used car market, in junkyards and at auctions. Earlier this year we reported on one that had fallen into a water-filled ditch.
The impact only ripped out the stainless steel door panels on the passenger side, leaving only connectors and cables exposed. A severely deformed rear fender and all deployed airbags rounded off the Cybertruck’s total write-off.
In July, we discovered a vehicle that had rolled over at an auction. The roof was dented, the windshield was smashed to pieces, a rear wheel was ripped from its mount, and the list of damage goes on and on. Virtually every single panel on the vehicle was bent, dented or scratched.
We also showed you a Tesla Cybertruck parked in a junkyard. It looked intact and made everyone who looked at it ask: “What on earth is wrong with that?“But there was a terrible secret behind it. The brand new pickup truck had been flooded.
The ad did not specify how the model ended up in the water or how extensive the damage was, but it did say that the model was running and driving.
