Lightbar accessory spotted on Cybertruck! 💡

[cvalue13]

Why couldn't Tesla add a factory fitted LED lightbar to the CT? Make it in integral, so as to have minimal aerodynamic penalty.

huh?

this *is* the factory fitted LED lightbar

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[FarAway]

huh?

this *is* the factory fitted LED lightbar

"Integral", not something that looks like a ski rack stuck on the roof....

 

[cvalue13]

"Integral", not something that looks like a ski rack stuck on the roof....

mate you looking at the lightbar, or the rack?

 

[sstevens805]

mate you looking at the lightbar, or the rack?

I think he means built with the truck not added after, probably like the concept. I'm guessing it might not be legal to sell that way but I'm no legal expert.

 

[cvalue13]

I think he means built with the truck not added after, probably like the concept. I'm guessing it might not be legal to sell that way but I'm no legal expert.

I don’t think it’s a legal problem (that said as I understand it this light bar might be a problem in California, which apparently requires covers over off-road lights - unless Tesla has some other solution for that)


If someone’s merely saying “I liked the internal lightbar” then no real helping them here

but otherwise, every other offroad light bar offered isn’t any more ‘integrated’ than this one (most are far less integrated than this one) - in which case the complaint seems to reduce to saying ‘I don’t like offroad light bars’

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[Deleted member 17810]

to add to what cvalue said, internal flood light confirmed

 

[JBee]

From a design integration perspective I much prefer OEM integrated solutions in most cases. In this case a light bar in the roof apex, on the inside of the windscreen would look better, and would also offer the ability to produce light forwards and to the rear, for example emergency vehicles, or situations (amber), as well as 360 offroad.

I don't think the exterior mounted lightbar to be a bad design from just looking at it. But what counts in my book is how much light it produces, and how evenly it is spread without hotspots, how wide and how far the light spread is etc. And how it works in tandem with the headlights. We haven't seen this lightbar in action yet, let alone how it looks like from inside the vehicle. I hope it's good.

Overall though, I think light design could probably do with a overhaul, in that all front driving lights need to be automatically adaptive to avoid blinding on coming traffic for safety. Teslas auto high beam already does this well, in that the overhead cameras pickup headlights on the horizon, before the driver can see then in most cases.

The part that is lacking is really the matrix lights, where instead of diming from high to low beam, the light is controlled to stay under the lights of the oncoming car, regardless of each vehicle orientation. Another thing would be to actively highlight things on the road, like animals or pedestrians. That wouldn't be to hard to code, given you could just pull the IDs from FSD and apply them to the light direction.

But above that, and I think this is a fairly big fail on most modern vehicles, including the Cybertruck, is the lack of any low light camera or FLIR system for night time driving, along with ToF cameras. Now we might be getting ToF cameras on CT we don't know yet, and if they use IR beacon for measuring range, we might even get some form of low/no light distance and vision, for little to no extra cost. Nowadays even FLIR is affordable and completely useable in the $100s range. That together with the new multi beam radar, along with a HUD could actually make light bars a unnecessary accessory as they would no longer be so much limited to range.

I have a pair of "laser" spotlights, plus a 40" lightbar. Of those I prefer the 40" lightbar, simply because of the even spread, including to the sides which goes around corners well, and light out to a range that is usefully inside of the braking distance of the vehicle.

Now if I had a camera running obstacle recognition with low light capability, plus some active highlighting, I think as a driver I'd be much more confident and capable of driving in poor lighting conditions, even without excessive light.

Another consequence of this is the reduction in bug splatter on the windscreen and less light pollution, glaring other drivers, or yourself from reflective street signs etc, and also would avoid eye fatigue, and temporary vision loss, when your huge lights switch between dim and high beam.

Having one seamless light profile that adapts to the user's biological limitations and overall conditions and surfaces, would just make much more sense than just pushing out more lumens no matter what in a binary state.

 

[FutureBoy]

People claim they are good for avoiding kangaroos. But they just stare at the headlights so why wouldn't they just stare at the lightbar too.

Because the bar is so wide it will make them cross-eyed?

 

[FutureBoy]

If a vehicle is over a certain width (80"?) there is a federal requirement to have roof lights running lights. Your typical Ford Superduty is outfitted with these from the factory.

Why couldn't Tesla add a factory fitted LED lightbar to the CT? Make it in integral, so as to have minimal aerodynamic penalty. A LED lightbar could be programmed for many different modes such as amber running lights, safety truck flashing lights, law enforcement lights or even offroad flood lights? That seems logical.

Someone thinks that the law is logical? So sorry grasshopper, you have yet much to learn.

 

[bdmridgeback]

I'd like to see a better cord management solution then through a window jam.

That's not the wiring for the light bar it's for the rack on the top that has Starlink antenna on it

 

[Coolbreeze704]

Personally I like the lightbar and hope it is available as an installed option or service center install. As JBee mentioned, how much power and how the light is dispersed in really critical but as far as looks and how clean and minimalist it appears, I am onboard.

I kept it simple on my 06 TJ

 

[cbrtrckrsrvd112219]

Thin lightbar spotted right above the top edge of the windshield!

And just noticed it on this photo from yesterday...

and does anyone care?
I dont have one on Q7, nor M3, so... who cares?

out of curiosity why do I need one?

again, we dont know MSRP nor delivery date.. they can strap 33 Raptor engines to that thing, still dont care, unless it is option I can select in configurator with price and delivery date. until then it is still unfortunately VAPORWARE!

 

[Coolbreeze704]

Incredibly important off-road or if you live in rural areas. On a Q7 for every day driving in suburbia, I can understand why you would not want or need.

 

[newwave1331]

That's not the wiring for the light bar it's for the rack on the top that has Starlink antenna on it

Through the front passenger window is 2 starlink cords. One cord is going through the rear passenger side. This is either the radio antenna or the lightbar.

This picture only has one Starlink antenna on the passenger side so I'll assume the cords going in the passenger front window are from that. There appears to be one cord going in the rear driver window.

if the truck has dual starlink antennas, radio antenna and lightbar, there would be 6 total cords. 4 starlink cords (2 through each front window) and 2 cords (one though each rear window) have to be for the lightbar and radio antenna.

There are a lot of applications for rooftop electronics like lightbars, antennas, cameras, sensors.

 

[Crissa]

...unless it is option I can select in configurator with price and delivery date. until then it is still unfortunately VAPORWARE!

That's a definition of vaporware, but it's not the definition of vaporware.

if the truck has dual starlink antennas, radio antenna and lightbar, there would be 6 total cords. 4 starlink cords (2 through each front window) and 2 cords (one though each rear window) have to be for the lightbar and radio antenna.

Front 'cable' looks like a bundle to me. And no reason you couldn't chain power requirements. I also only see one starlink array, why are you saying two?

-Crissa

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