Bizarre Cybertruck modification converts a Tesla electric vehicle into a boat

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When Elon Musk unveiled the Tesla Cybertruck, he promised that the electric truck will be more than simply a vehicle with attachments. It’s unclear whether he foresaw the Cybertruck as a vessel of the seas.

With a kit, the Cybercat says it can accomplish exactly that, turning the Cybertruck into a catamaran. As a result, the Cybertruck has been replaced by the Cyberboat. It’s ridiculous, yet it’s probably true. Like all previous attempts to make automobiles water-ready.

In theory, the Cybercat can be erected by a single person in less time than it takes to launch a conventional boat. When the Cybertruck is pushed into water, the water-repellent components fold down and draw the wheels away from the vehicle.

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The new underwater Cybertruck is meant to be as easy as spinning the truck’s steering wheel to control it.

Even though the Tesla Cybertruck was recently delayed once again, the excitement around the electric pickup truck is so great that third-party accessories are already being developed for the vehicle.

Since then, we’ve seen an electric boat kit being developed for Tesla’s cyber truck, which is the company’s most ambitious project ever.

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The Cyberlandr, an electric pickup’s bed-mounted camper, seemed to me to be the most ambitious accessory for a Cybertruck. But it turns out that I was completely incorrect about all of this.

I feel the Cybercat Catamaran is an even more ambitious new product for the Cybertruck. Anthony Diamond, a Berkeley Ph.D. in material science and a seasoned entrepreneur, was the driving force behind the project’s inception.

The following is an excerpt from the Cybercat’s official website, which explains the inspiration for the design:

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Anthony, an early Cybertruck reservation holder and a Model 3 owner, was pleased when Elon tweeted that the Cybertruck could be used as a watercraft for short periods of time. However, the maximum speed at which the vehicle’s wheels could rotate to propel it would be too slow for this feature to be useful.

In order to transform the Cybertruck into a catamaran, an easy-to-assemble kit is needed.

(Image credit: Cybercat)

The Cybertruck’s battery will be used to power the Cybercat’s five 50kW motors, which will subsequently be connected to the Cybercat. Cybercat is said to have a range of 50 to 115 miles and a top speed of 25mph/22 knots. Though the Cybertruck claims to have a range of more than 500 miles on the road, Tesla has only guaranteed this for its $70,000 tri-motor variant.

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But wait, there’s more. “Maximizing efficiency on the water and unleashing industry leading performance for all-electric watercraft” is what the Cybercat Foiler is all about. Even if you’re only a few feet over the sea, it’s the closest you’ll come to making a truck fly.

The Cybercat Foiler is expected to cost roughly $10,000 more than the base model, which is expected to cost between $22,900 and $32,900.

It’s important to remember that this product is still merely an idea and has not yet been developed into a working prototype. Even though Cybertrucks are not for sale, and engineers are unable to test anything on an actual truck, this is evident.

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(Image credit: Cybercat)

Only time will tell if these two goods will ever see the light of day, or whether they’ll remain just theoretical concepts for the foreseeable future.

Even so, the Cybercat has an abundance of time on its side. Due to delays caused by supply chain concerns with the Cybertruck project, there is plenty of time to get the Cybercat project up and running.

The setup process, however, must be totally foolproof. No one wants a Cybertruck to go under because a Cybercat wasn’t put together correctly by a Cybercat owner.

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