Photo: Why no spare tire in Cybertruck -- what's under bed floor

[Woodrick]

This is why you don’t get a spare in the Cybertruck. Tesla used all the room.

Sure, think of it this way. The reality is that Tesla doesn't have a spare with any of their vehicles. They take up room, they are a lot of dead weight, and the are extremely seldom used. Yes, an off-road vehicle is different and that's why you see Tesla's spare.

Why isn't it under the vehicle, okay, the stuff in the picture. Reality? Have you ever looked under a Tesla? It's a large piece of thick plastic designed to keep the airflow optimized.

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[Cybertruck 1974]

Huh??? Have you seen what the engineers at Tesla do?

I will agree that a traditional 5th wheel mount won’t work. But that is mostly because a traditional mount is designed around a traditional chassis. That ain’t the CT. IF (big if there) there is a sufficient market for a mount (I don’t see many F150s or 1500s towing a 5th wheel, mostly larger trucks), I expect someone to make a mount that utilizes the castings or a weight distribution plate from which a mount could attach to the CT. Maybe on the HD-CT someday…

Yep, I do and some day they will. Anything is possible. Hey, you get your truck yet??????

 

[PilotPete]

Yep, I do and some day they will. Anything is possible. Hey, you get your truck yet??????

I ain’t anywhere near the front. So I ordered a M3LR refresh to tide me over. I should get that next month. I don’t expect the CB until 2025-6?

 

[Cybertruck 1974]

I ain’t anywhere near the front. So I ordered a M3LR refresh to tide me over. I should get that next month. I don’t expect the CB until 2025-6?

shoot, i thought for some reason you reserved early. Good on the M3LR. I still haven't received a VIN since Dec 22nd. Have seen 4 have received VINs is all on this Forum.

 

[WHIZZARD OF OZ]

This is brilliant packaging....easy entry! [StarsKey & Hatch]

 

[PilotPete]

shoot, i thought for some reason you reserved early. Good on the M3LR. I still haven't received a VIN since Dec 22nd. Have seen 4 have received VINs is all on this Forum.

I’m a later convert to the BEV. But, once I was convinced, I’ve gone all in. I have purchased my last ICE car. In less than 2 months, I’ll visit my last gas station, and send my last dollar to an oil company. Massive torque is addictive, and I’m hooked. I hope you get your VIN assigned soon. I want to hear all about what you think about the CT. Fingers crossed for you John!

 

[HaulingAss]

The X post claiming "Tesla used all the room" is a little misleading. What Tesla did was package the truck bed as low as possible in the chassis for low center of gravity when hauling heavy loads and also for ease of loading/unloading heavy or bulky items. That is the rear gigacasting and drive unit immediately under the bed floor. It's a brilliant design the way the composite bed panels utilize the drive unit and rear structural gigacasting for support of heavy loads. Legacy trucks have some heavy steel support risers and cross-members in addition to a steel bed floor that scratches easily.

Rivian raised the floor of their bed up to accomodate a spare tire and wheel. That's why the bed is so high and the bed is so shallow in depth. There is very little volume under the tonneau cover, it's miniscule actually. I'm so glad Tesla didn't go that route as it would have changed the entire functionality of the truck bed for the worse.

 

[Mini2nut]

Agreed. The overall design and engineering are brilliant. Telsa really thought outside the box using first principles engineering.

 

[NoMoGas]

In the back of the truck there are several bolts between the "Smugglers Bay" and the rear window I believe it's eight or 10. Some of them are used as tiedowns if you put a D ring on it. My question is has anybody bothered to remove those bolts? Just so happens to be the exact area that the range extender goes so I'm curious if anyone has pulled that panel up to see how easy it would be to plug in the range extender. Like is there pre-wiring there or something?

 

[sylvius]

In the back of the truck there are several bolts between the "Smugglers Bay" and the rear window I believe it's eight or 10. Some of them are used as tiedowns if you put a D ring on it. My question is has anybody bothered to remove those bolts? Just so happens to be the exact area that the range extender goes so I'm curious if anyone has pulled that panel up to see how easy it would be to plug in the range extender. Like is there pre-wiring there or something?

I suspect the range extender will be a permanent install. I wish they designed it with a quick disconnect and a garage ceiling lift to drop it in and pull it out as needed. If it was that I’d be 100% in on it for long trips. I’d probably benefit from it a couple of times a year and wouldn’t want to carry that weight and lose that bed space the other thousand+ shorter trips I take every year.

I did note that the d ring page on the accessories shop says there are 10 install points in the bed so I guess that means each of those bolts can be swapped out with another d ring. The more the merrier IMO for being able to secure loads.

 

[CyberGus]

In the back of the truck there are several bolts between the "Smugglers Bay" and the rear window I believe it's eight or 10. Some of them are used as tiedowns if you put a D ring on it. My question is has anybody bothered to remove those bolts? Just so happens to be the exact area that the range extender goes so I'm curious if anyone has pulled that panel up to see how easy it would be to plug in the range extender. Like is there pre-wiring there or something?

https://www.cybertruckownersclub.co...re-in-cybertruck-whats-under-bed-floor.11452/


To answer your broader question about the Range Extender: there does not appear to be a "socket" you can just plug into.

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