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A friend in high school had a Porsche 914, and his girlfriend called it a frunk. I graduated HS in 1980. For what it's worth, the 914 front trunk was really big for the size of the car.

Nope, I wanted a longer bed. I wanted the a six seater also, but I knew that was going to be a problem with the center screen (passenger airbag issues). A longer bed was very doable, and worth more to me than being able to put it in a "average" garage. Its not a show stopper, just something...

I highly suspect a touch sensor, with a door popper. App won't be needed to get in the truck. All my vehicles right now have touch sensors for the locks, I don't see it as a major jump to a electric door popper.

ludicrous and plaid are from the movie "Space Balls" If you have not seen it, you probably should. At least watch a you tube clip of space balls going plaid, all would then be clear.

For everyone is the U.S. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/10/2019-22036/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standard-no-111-rear-visibility

With enough additional mass loaded at the top of a big hill, a rubber band powered truck will run forever. The truck in the article is not so much "regenerative" as it is converting the potential energy of the load of rocks into electricity used to get back up the hill, empty.

That article was written before the total weight was released. If it stays the weight that Tesla told California, it will be classified as an N2 vehicle in the EU. N2 vehicles are exempt from the M1-N1 pedestrian/cyclist impact standards.

This would put it in the N2 EU vehicle class. That would make all the news stories about not being able to sell it in europe most likely wrong.