---
title: "Tesla Cybertruck Prototype Spotted With Mirrors and Other Updates"
description: "A Cybertruck was recently spotted with mirrors, windshield wipers, and four-wheel steering."
date: "2021-10-20"
modified: "2021-10-20"
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  - name: "Peter Holderith"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/42810/tesla-cybertruck-prototype-spotted-with-first-updates-since-its-reveal"
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  - "Electric Vehicles"
  - "News"
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  - "Tesla News"
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  - "pickup"
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---

# Tesla Cybertruck Prototype Spotted With Mirrors and Other Updates

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The Tesla Cybertruck was revealed in November 2019. In the two years since, we've seen a test mule pop up here and there, but haven't seen an actual production model yet. If you think Ford Bronco delays are bad, the Cybertruck is [something else entirely.](<https://www.thedrive.com/tech/41886/tesla-cybertruck-production-delayed-until-2022>) Now, however, there appears to be an update. Not an official update, but an update nonetheless. An updated Cybertruck prototype—perhaps *the*

[Cybertruck](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/35328/elon-musk-says-tesla-may-make-a-regular-pickup-if-the-cybertruck-fails>) prototype—has been spotted testing. It has mirrors, maybe a windshield wiper, and four-wheel steering.

I say *maybe* it has wipers because the pictures of the truck aren't great, if we're honest, just screengrabs from [a video](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6oJrx5sVt4>) that appears to have been taken from a distance. According to the video's description, the clip was likely captured at Merced County Castle Airport, a small municipal airport around 100 miles east of Fremont.

https://youtube.com/embed/J6oJrx5sVt4

After being posted to [YouTube](<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiRvqpHYm-Wp8Z3-f7HRPeg>) yesterday morning, speculation began on the Cybertruck Owner's Club forum, which should theoretically have no members at all—making this even more interesting. Some people claimed it's shorter than it used to be, while others claim it has a steeper windshield slope. It's all speculation until a production version comes out, though. The only things we can really see for sure are the new mirrors and the [Musk-confirmed rear-wheel steering.](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/41429/tesla-cybertruck-will-get-rear-wheel-steering-musk-says>)

[GMC's Hummer EV](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/42599/2022-gmc-hummer-prototype-first-drive-review-electrification-creates-the-best-hummer-yet>) also has [rear-wheel steering](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/40208/watch-the-gmc-hummer-ev-crab-walk-through-traffic>) to make up for its large footprint, so it makes sense that Tesla follows suit. In the Hummer, the large truck can turn as tight as a [Chevy Bolt](<https://www.thedrive.com/tech/39246/the-2022-chevy-bolt-ev-might-finally-be-the-electric-car-for-mass-consumption>) despite having a 135.6-inch wheelbase. The Cybertruck is even bigger than the Hummer, though, with its wheelbase extending a full 14.3 inches further than that of [the GMC.](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/40577/watch-the-gmc-hummer-ev-off-road-through-moab>)

![message-editor%2F1634740231009-teslacybertruckupdatemirrorssteeringinlinea.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1634740231009-teslacybertruckupdatemirrorssteeringinlinea.jpg>)
*Cybertruck Owner's Club Forums*

![message-editor%2F1634740234688-teslacybertruckupdatemirrorssteeringinlined.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1634740234688-teslacybertruckupdatemirrorssteeringinlined.jpg>)
*Bernard Maltais via YouTube*

![message-editor%2F1634740239613-teslacybertruckupdatemirrorssteeringinlinec.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1634740239613-teslacybertruckupdatemirrorssteeringinlinec.jpg>)
*Cybertruck Owner's Club Forums*

![message-editor%2F1634740242995-teslacybertruckupdatemirrorssteeringinlineb.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1634740242995-teslacybertruckupdatemirrorssteeringinlineb.jpg>)
*Cybertruck Owner's Club Forums*

So yes, while these pictures and the short video definitely have a certain *Patterson–Gimlin* quality to them, they're better than nothing. This is the first real solid evidence of an [upcoming production Cybertruck](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/33084/the-production-tesla-cybertruck-will-be-different-than-the-prototype-may-float>) outside of a Musk tweet. That's a pretty big deal.

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## Author
Peter Holderith is a former staff writer for The Drive. He enjoys covering the regular news cycle, writing reviews, and hunting down long features on obscure pieces of automotive history.

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