Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has claimed that the Cybertruck electric vehicle from Tesla given to him as a gift was remotely disabled and now does not work and blamed the “giver,” the American billionaire founder of Tesla, Elon Musk.
Last month, the warlord published a video of himself driving the cyber truck, equipped with a machine gun turret, on the grounds of his presidential palace. He claimed the vehicle was a “gift” from Musk.
After an X social media user wrote that the businessman had supplied his electric car to an “enemy of the US who is under sanctions,” Musk said he had not given Kadyrov a Tesla Cybertruck. He wrote on X:
Are you seriously so retarded that you think I donated a Cybertruck to a Russian general? That’s amazing.
The head of Chechnya also reacted to the post and advised the American to ignore “retarded and uninitiated people and corrupt media.” Kadyrov wrote in his Telegram channel:
Better continue to create and reach new heights. Your developments are a great help to us. You’re great in any case!
He also noted that Musk’s technologies, including the Starlink system, are helping Russian fighters in the war zone in Ukraine.
But on Thursday, Kadyrov wrote on social media that the vehicle, which he said had performed “magnificently” on the battlefield, had been remotely disabled by Tesla and had to be towed away from the front line. Kadyrov also wrote in Telegram:
Elon Musk behaved badly. He gives expensive gifts from the bottom of his heart and then remotely disconnects them. That’s not manly. How could you do that, Elon?
The Tesla Cybertruck is a cyberpunk-style electric pickup truck with a payload capacity of around 1.6 tonnes. Depending on the model, the pickup should travel up to 500 miles (about 804 kilometres) on a single charge. The range of the electric pickup reaches 512 kilometres, with a top speed of 180 km/hour. The electric vehicle is four-wheel drive, has a 600 hp system and accelerates to 96 km/h in 4.1 sec.
