Wes Morrill, a Tesla employee who works as lead engineer on the Cybertruck, posted on X that he was considering a “stuck detection” feature that would offer drivers suggestions on how to get their trucks moving again when they get stuck off-roading.
“No one is an expert the first time they drive off-road but anyone can learn,” wrote Morrill.
“Have been considering “stuck detection” to give drivers a pop-up suggestion when stuck with ideas on how to get un-stuck,” he added.
Morrill said some of the things this “stuck detection” mode might suggest to help Cybertruck drivers extricate themselves include letting air out of the tires, raising the truck’s ride height, or putting the Cybertruck in “sand mode.”
The Tesla employee was responding to a video from former Fox News presenter Tucker Carlson, which showed a Cybertruck getting stuck in the mud in rural Maine.
Elon Musk has heralded the Cybertruck as the ultimate off-road vehicle, saying last year that the futuristic pickup would be “apocalypse proof” and that a pressurized version will be the “official truck of Mars.”
However, since the truck’s release in 2023, several videos have gone viral on social media showing the Cybertruck struggling to climb steep hills and getting stuck in the snow.
One Cybertruck received widespread online attention when it had to be towed after getting stuck in the sand on a beach in Nantucket in May.
The tow operator told Business Insider that the Cybertruck got stuck because the driver forgot to let the air out of the vehicle’s tires — something that a “stuck detection” warning may have been able to help with.
Tesla did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, sent outside normal working hours.
