- WhistlinDiesel remotely launches his Cybertruck sideways into an F-150 on a drag strip.
- The Ford gets absolutely demolished while Tesla survives surprisingly well after impact.
- After $53,000 in Tesla repairs, the Cybertruck ultimately loses its final durability test.
If there’s one thing YouTuber WhistlinDiesel knows, it’s how to turn expensive vehicles into scrap metal in spectacular style. For the finale of his three-part Cybertruck vs F-150 durability series, the YouTuber subjected Tesla’s electric pickup and its Ford rival to off-road torture and other automotive indignities before sending it into an F-150 at triple digit speeds.
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This wasn’t exactly an IIHS-approved procedure. The team modified the Cybertruck so it could be driven remotely, with mechanical actuators operating its controls. But before reaching that explosive finale, the Cybertruck endured a miserable trip to Moab. A towing module came loose and disabled the Tesla barely into the off-road adventure, while the F-150 continued tackling trails, even running around on three wheels before torn wiring eventually stopped play.
WhistlinDiesel, real name, Cody Detweiler, claims keeping the Cybertruck operational throughout the series cost $53,000 in repairs, despite the Foundation Series truck covering very few miles. By the time the grand finale arrived, sentimentality clearly wasn’t high on the agenda.
With nobody aboard either vehicle, the remotely controlled Tesla being operated by Detwiler wearing a set of FPV goggles, thundered down the drag strip, slammed directly into the side of the stationary F-150 at an indicated 111 mph (179 kmh).
F-150 Split In Two
The result was carnage. The Ford’s cab separated from its chassis as a fireball erupted around both vehicles, and the F-150’s body was comprehensively mangled. The Cybertruck was destroyed too, though visually it emerged from the initial impact looking considerably more recognizable than its opponent.
Neither truck had much of a retirement. Both were hauled to a recycling yard, where heavy machinery ripped apart what remained before the wreckage was fed into an industrial shredder. WhistlinDiesel, who once incinerated a Ferrari and turned a Hellcat into a boat, nevertheless declared the F-150 the overall durability winner. His reasoning was simple. The Ford never visited a dealership during testing, whereas the Cybertruck reportedly went back six or seven times in a video series that allegedly cost more than $300,000.
