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Tesla Cybertruck walkaround video shows the absurdly huge windshield wiper in detail

Even in handheld video, the truck looks a little unreal. | Image: Cybertruck Owners Club

We got the closest look yet at an alleged prototype of the Tesla Cybertruck, thanks to a walkaround video posted to the Cybertruck Owners Club forum (via Electrek). We get to see a good deal of the vehicle, including its giant windshield and wiper. You can watch the whole thing below.

We saw the wiper last month when a drone video captured a Cybertruck doing laps on the company’s test track in Fremont, California. Tesla CEO Elon Musk commented on the wiper at the time, saying that it troubled him and that a wiper you could stow away in the front trunk would be “ideal, but complex.” (Is getting out in the rain, sleet, or snow to put on your windshield wiper _really_ideal, though?)

Image: CybertruckOwnersClub.com

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