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In the cab there is about 6.5' of length available for pipes or such from the dash to the back wall. Add 6.5' of vault and you've got 7' feet left. The lowered tailgate is 2' leaving the last 5' feet unsupported beyond the tailgate. You'll need to tie some red cloth or plastic to the end to stay...

I want a BEV playhouse. Tesla does not make a BEV playhouse. No one does. I have to adapt the cybertruck. Also, claustrophobia does not respond to rational arguments. Someone could park so close as to block your tailgate escape. The battery could go dead immobilizing the tonneau. A sliding...

I would love to have my Cybertruck delivered with no rolling tonneau and no back wall. Just a simple hinged cover like this.

If the rear window can be replaced by a slider model like this $190 aftermarket Toyota window, the maximum possible opening would be 10" tall and 24" wide (shown here between the orange lines). It would be extremely difficult for an adult to climb thru. But if the vault doesn't open on command...

The patent app drawing above is showing the vault floor 3" higher than I thought. Deduct another inch for the tonneau and we're at 22" at. the tailgate and 34" at the midgate. Add a 6" mattress and it is very tight.

I am confident the vault's width will be 53-58", and that the vault's height will be 26" next to the tailgate sloping up to 37-38" next to the midgate/cab.

Here is a close up from the Tesla patent application for the tonneau. The roller is about 15" diameter and appears to have 3 wrapping layers. 15" x 3 x Pi = 140" of tonneau, enough to cover the top horizontal and the vertical inside the rear wall. We can still hope the last 45 inches are chains...

Suskis & Futureboy, you are providing really great analysis. This deserves it's own thread. Has anyone seen a photo of the rear window from the inside of the cab when the tonneau is covering the top of the vault? Such a photo could reveal how long the tonneau is. Maybe the 'slats' are only 84'...

10" tall glass could: 1. remove, or 2 hinge up, or 3 slide both ways. 24" tall by 18" wide metal could slide right or left. I think there would need to be both a vault side slide door and an inside the cab slide door. A Mid gate would be so much better, but this seems to me to be about the...

The silhouette is scaled to be 6' tall

Yup every other night. But every other, other night: Sunsets, Stars, Moon, Northern lights.

My Promaster is 6'4" tall and 6'8" wide. I think the newer bigger vans with stand up height and lay down width is what has been a driving force in the van life movement. I wish the Tesla van had lay down width but if it is based on the Cybertruck it's going to need some modifications to get that...

Midgate AND topper!

It's more practical than this...

Head to front of vault

Why the vault is too claustrophobic for sleeping and a tiny topper will make all the difference

21' 3" long, 9' tall, 6'4" internal height. I'm conjecturing about efficiency of this van. A company called Maxwell vehicles will convert a Promasters using parts from totaled M3/MY. They will do it for about $35k. Maxwell is getting about 420 Wh/mile. With the 72 Kwh battery those Promasters...

I'm conjecturing about efficiency of this van. A company called Maxwell vehicles will convert a Promasters using parts from totaled M3/MY. They will do it for about $35k. Maxwell is getting about 420 Wh/mile. With the 72 Kwh battery those Promasters have a range of about 170 miles. If this...