Wouldn't that be hilarious if that was the get up though? That's what messes up his mind.
hahahaha
What do you mean the "vault cover goes through the seat"?
What if they build solar panels into the tonneau that can give the CT a decent amount of charge (between 15-30 miles / day), would you still replace it? Also, the tonneau is supposed to be super strong (Elon stated you could stand on it). It would take some pretty hefty glass to withstand the same pressure, which would probably incur more weight which would impact the CT range. For camping, a glass replacement would be amazing, but personally I don't want people to be able to see inside for what I've got stashed in the vault.What do you mean the "vault cover goes through the seat"?
It's always gone through the hollow structure of the bed front wall (midgate) and never touched the seats at all. Why should it? If so then the cabin would have an opening for the vault cover to go through meaning the cabin would be open to the back if the vaultcover was partially open.
Again, look at the shape of the midgate with the folds. If you fold that over into the cab you have a bumpy bed floor because of it. Further, the seats don't fit under the folded midgate, they would have to either fold under the floor area, or the rear seat base would have to fold forwards behind the front seats. That's on top of having to retract the vault cover beforehand. Note: You CANNOT have the midgate open and the vault cover shut, if the vault cover goes through the hollow midgate as it does now. This also ignores any a safety concerns a folding midgate presents for ANY unsecured load killing passengers on impact. One hammer, shovel or even bolt will do on impact, seeing that it will continue travelling at 60mph whilst you are stopped by airbags.
BTW the frame around the midgate window proves that the current prototypes don't have a folding midgate. Because the midgate has to be shortened by at least the window height to fit behind the front seat whilst folded. (Let alone the window can't side into the midgate because of the folds)
Look at this from the Denali:
You can see the folded seat, and the retracted glass to make it fit behind the front seats when it is down.
This version might work, but only with the vault cover down. (note the midgate height and folded seat)
I used to want the midgate too, but now I only want it if the solution is both practical and safe.
As for those "getting rid of the vault cover are crazy": in my case I was replacing it with a glass roof instead, which gets rid of all the vault cover issues, and makes it even more aerodynamic, due to the smooth surface and that it could be curved like the front windscreen.
Glass vault cover would have translucent solar panels integrated, same as the rear glass roof will probably get like on the track prototype. Much easier to do solar with glass than the vault cover slats. You can tint it completely otherwise so it's not see through. Also glass is easily strong enough to walk on without being too thick or heavy, just like M3/MY glass roof, that is structural and much stronger than the steel it replaces in a normal car roof.
LOL. No. Two full-size CTs.
The assumption we talked about before was that hollow structure was attached to the back of the seats and goes down with them.What do you mean the "vault cover goes through the seat"?
It's always gone through the hollow structure of the bed front wall (midgate) and never touched the seats at all. Why should it? If so then the cabin would have an opening for the vault cover to go through meaning the cabin would be open to the back if the vaultcover was partially open.
Again, look at the shape of the midgate with the folds. If you fold that over into the cab you have a bumpy bed floor because of it. Further, the seats don't fit under the folded midgate, they would have to either fold under the floor area, or the rear seat base would have to fold forwards behind the front seats. That's on top of having to retract the vault cover beforehand. Note: You CANNOT have the midgate open and the vault cover shut, if the vault cover goes through the hollow midgate as it does now. This also ignores any a safety concerns a folding midgate presents for ANY unsecured load killing passengers on impact. One hammer, shovel or even bolt will do on impact, seeing that it will continue travelling at 60mph whilst you are stopped by airbags.
BTW the frame around the midgate window proves that the current prototypes don't have a folding midgate. Because the midgate has to be shortened by at least the window height to fit behind the front seat whilst folded. (Let alone the window can't side into the midgate because of the folds)
Look at this from the Denali:
You can see the folded seat, and the retracted glass to make it fit behind the front seats when it is down.
This version might work, but only with the vault cover down. (note the midgate height and folded seat)
I used to want the midgate too, but now I only want it if the solution is both practical and safe.
As for those "getting rid of the vault cover are crazy": in my case I was replacing it with a glass roof instead, which gets rid of all the vault cover issues, and makes it even more aerodynamic, due to the smooth surface and that it could be curved like the front windscreen.
Morning.
Oh, so you’re cranky about the midgate because he won’t get a truck?More like gnight for me!
Haha.Oh, so you’re cranky about the midgate because he won’t get a truck?
