{"id":302488,"date":"2026-05-21T04:46:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/302488\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T04:46:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:46:19","slug":"tesla-cybertruck-pulled-from-texas-lake-after-attempting-wade-mode-tesla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/302488\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Cybertruck pulled from Texas lake after attempting \u2018wade mode\u2019 | Tesla"},"content":{"rendered":"

Authorities in Texas have removed a Tesla<\/a> Cybertruck from a lake after the driver intentionally drove into it in an attempt to try the vehicle\u2019s \u201cwade mode.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the Grapevine police department announced the vehicle\u2019s recovery from Katie\u2019s Woods Park Boat Ramp, adding that the \u201cdriver stated he intentionally drove into the lake to use the Cybertruck\u2019s \u2018wade mode\u2019 feature\u201d.<\/p>\n

Police said the vehicle became disabled and took on water, prompting the driver and passengers to abandon it before calling for help. A picture posted online showed a half-submerged silver Cybertruck near the lake\u2019s shoreline.<\/p>\n

The driver has since been arrested on charges of operating a vehicle in a closed section of a park or lake, as well as several water safety equipment violations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to remind drivers that although a vehicle may be physically capable of entering shallow freshwater areas, doing so can create legal and safety concerns under Texas law,\u201d Grapevine police said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWade Mode\u201d allows the vehicle to \u201center and drive through bodies of water, such as rivers or creeks\u201d, according to <\/a>Tesla\u2019s Cybertruck manual. The maximum wade depth is approximately 32in, measuring from the bottom of the tire.<\/p>\n

\u201cWade Mode defaults the vehicle\u2019s ride height to Very High and protects Cybertruck for up to approximately 32in (815mm) of water, driving at slow speeds (1-3mph or 2-5 km\/h). As water depth changes, reduce your vehicle speed accordingly. Do not disable Wade Mode until your vehicle is fully out of water,\u201d the manual said.<\/p>\n

It says that to enable the feature, drivers must ensure that all doors and windows are fully closed and that the vehicle\u2019s speed is less than 20 mph.<\/p>\n

The manual also warned that it is the drivers\u2019 responsibility to gauge the depth of any body of water before entering and that the truck may sink in soft or muddy underwater surfaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities in Texas have removed a Tesla Cybertruck from a lake after the driver intentionally drove into it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-302488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}