Tesla releases Cybertruck off-road guide book


Tesla’s Cybertruck team definitely seems like they are serious about providing owners of the all-electric pickup truck as much information about their vehicles as possible. This was highlighted by the electric vehicle maker recently as it released a dedicated off-road guide for the Cybertruck. 

A look at Tesla’s Cybertruck off-road guide shows that the document provides a close look at the all-electric pickup truck’s off-road capabilities. It features explainers for the vehicle’s different driving modes, as well as useful tips for off-roading. It even includes information for beginners such as an off-road checklist and a guide for spotting, both of which are quite invaluable. 

A particularly useful portion of Tesla’s Cybertruck off-road guide is its section on vehicle modifications, which emphasizes that physical changes or additions to the vehicle would have effects on some of the truck’s performance or range. This may seem like common sense, but considering the negative range observations from motoring channels like YouTube’s Donut Media, which used a modified Cybertruck for its review, such reminders are evidently needed. 

As noted by Cybertruck Lead Engineer Wes Morrill in a post on X, Tesla put together the Cybertruck off-road guide as a deep dive into all the functionality of the all-electric pickup truck, as well as why and how to use them. Morrill also noted that the guide is intended to make off-roading approachable for drivers who have never really considered it until they got the Cybertruck. 

Such a document would definitely be useful for numerous Cybertruck drivers, especially those who are not well-versed in off-road driving. After all, the Cybertruck seems to be a vehicle that attracts mainstream customers, including those who are only familiar with driving on smooth, paved roads. This could be seen in videos of Cybertrucks getting stuck in snow or other terrain that have gone viral over the past months. 

As per EV watchers, a good number of the viral “cyberstuck” videos that made mainstream headlines were mostly due to driver inexperience. With the Cybertruck off-road guide in place, drivers of the vehicle would hopefully be able to operate the all-electric pickup truck in a more proficient manner.  

Tesla’s off-road guide for the Cybertruck can be viewed below.  

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Tesla short sellers burned for massive losses since Earnings Call


Tesla short sellers are being burned for massive losses since last week’s Earnings Call. Since then, the stock has catapulted over 34 percent.

Tesla shares first exploded last week as the automaker announced it would accelerate its plans for a new vehicle lineup. Despite a miss on earnings, Tesla had a lot of positive elements in its call, which investors seemingly saw as overwhelmingly bullish.

However, the stock continued to shoot upward this morning as Tesla gained approval from China for Full Self-Driving (FSD). Shares are up over 14 percent on the day alone.

While investors are cheering on the prospect of Tesla shares continuing to trend upward, short sellers are not. Skeptics of Tesla and CEO Elon Musk are feeling a substantial burn after the stock surge over the past several days, which has culminated in roughly $5.5 billion in losses.

S3 Partners, an analytics firm, has been tracking the losses of Tesla short sellers since last week’s climb. Today’s surge alone took short sellers for $2.93 billion. It was profitable for the month up until this point, even with last week’s climb.

For the year, short sellers are still up — significantly.

S3 shows that they still have booked over $4 billion in profits as Tesla shares are down around 20 percent for the year.

Tesla is the third-largest short in S3’s database, behind Nvidia and Microsoft. However, other firms, like Hazeltree, have listed Tesla as the most crowded security in its research.

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Tesla debuts new Cybertruck off-roading app in exclusive video


Tesla is set to roll out a new suite of Cybertruck off-roading features, as detailed in an exclusive video shared over the weekend.

The forthcoming off-roading tools for the Tesla Cybertruck were shown in an exclusive video shared by Top Gear on Sunday, set to include new features such as additional off-roading modes, access to pitch and angle settings, front and rear locking differential controls, and more.

The video shows both a Cybertruck and a Rivian R1T in Johnson Valley, California, as they test out whether Tesla’s pickup can effectively perform off-roading maneuvers. Both electric trucks are shown performing four off-roading tests: a rock crawl, a “whoops” test, a jump, and a sand dune crawl, with the Cybertruck using some of the new features.

The new off-roading features include four dedicated terrain modes, including all-purpose, rock, gravel/deep snow, and sand. The software also lets drivers toggle between turning the locking differentials all on, only the rear on, or all off.

You can see some of the menus navigating to the new Cybertruck off-road features below.

Credit: Top Gear | YouTube

Credit: Top Gear | YouTube

The Cybertruck has been spotted during a number of off-roading demos since before it was released in November, and Tesla has clearly made off-roading ability a priority focus. While the Cybertruck has drawn criticism for going viral during off-road tests that seemed to go wrong, some have suggested that these situations were due to inexperienced off-road drivers.

Others may also note that Tesla was not yet done rolling out the full range of off-road features for the Cybertruck, as evidenced by the upcoming feature release. The video also shows the highly anticipated Cybertruck light bar, set above the vehicle’s windshield.

In response to the news posted on X by reporter Sawyer Merritt, Tesla Cybertruck engineer Wes Morrill also commented on the off-road features, hinting that there may be even more in the upcoming release than the video shows. It’s also not yet clear when the new off-roading features will be released, but Morrill says that the detailed release notes for the update will soon be made public.

Watch the full Cybertruck off-roading video from the Top Gear team below.

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