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During the Cybertruck event last year, Elon Musk showed off a pretty impressive demo that pitted its 6,600-lb EV pickup against a Porsche 911 on a quarter-mile drag strip. The Cybertruck came out on top \u2014 with the twist that it was towing<\/em> a Porche 911, too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Tesla claims the $99,990 tri-motor \u201cCyberbeast\u201d<\/a> went from zero to 60 miles per hour in just 2.6 seconds and completed the quarter-mile race in less than 11 seconds. But was that really<\/em> the case? In a video posted last week, YouTuber Engineering Explained calls out<\/a> Musk for pedaling what appears to be exaggerations about the Cybertruck\u2019s capabilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n For one, channel owner Jason Fenske says the Cybertruck doesn\u2019t actually complete the full quarter-mile race in the demo \u2014 instead, Tesla ends the race at the one-eighth mile marker. Fenske points out that both vehicles are only \u201chalfway to the timing boards\u201d when Tesla shows the view of the Porsche and Cybertruck crossing the finish line side by side.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n That suggests they only completed one-eighth of a mile, as the timing boards are typically placed at the end of the quarter-mile strip. Fenske found some additional evidence supporting this, too, and even measured the length of the track on Google Maps using landmarks from the video.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n This isn\u2019t the only potential discrepancy Cybertruck owners have found so far, now that the vehicle is being delivered to buyers. Another YouTuber, Kyle Conner from Out of Spec Motoring<\/a>, held a livestream to test the Cybertruck\u2019s range. At the end of the five-hourlong stream, Conner found that the Foundation Series dual-motor model only got around 254 miles of range<\/a> after a full charge \u2014 quite lower than the 320-mile range promised by Tesla. The cold might\u2019ve had something to do with the lower-than-expected range, though, as Conner took it out on a highway in around 45-degree weather. Cold weather can significantly reduce<\/a> an EV\u2019s range.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Meanwhile, over at the Cybertruck Owners Club forum<\/a>, one user has found that towing a heavy load severely limits the range of the vehicle, which is expected. In their tests, they used their all-wheel drive Cybertruck to tow a Tesla Model Y on a trailer weighing in at a total of around 6,000 pounds. The driver got just around 111 miles on an 84 percent charge before the Cybertruck\u2019s battery petered out<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Tesla said it will eventually release a range extender<\/a> that\u2019s supposed to offer an additional 130 miles of range, but these findings don\u2019t exactly go along with Tesla\u2019s portrayal of the current Cybertruck as a towing powerhouse. The delivery event last year heavily promoted the truck as able to do all the things normal trucks do, including towing heavy objects such as a SpaceX rocket engine. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Cybertruck might not be as rugged as Musk describes it, either. A post on Reddit<\/a> offers a glimpse of the Cybertruck\u2019s owner\u2019s manual, which notes that the Cybertruck\u2019s exterior \u201cdoes not have a clear coat on the surface of the exterior body panels\u201d \u2014 something most cars have to help protect the paint against damage from the sun and minor scratches. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Instead, Tesla notes \u201cany scratches that appear are in the stainless steel panels themselves.\u201d All of this doesn\u2019t quite add up to the Cybertruck being the otherworldly beast capable of going off-road and being \u201cbuilt for any planet,\u201d especially when apparent software issues stranded this Cybertruck<\/a> in the snow. The Cybertruck might not even be the most practical pickup for here on Earth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n