Base RWD Cybertruck won't have Automatic Tonneau Cover or AC Outlets

[CTInProcess]

Right, so when do you think this $30,000 truck will be for sale.

If you are Low Income it is very possible to get a RWD for $40k or below in California if this is the price they sell it at

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[YDR37]

It would probably be a good idea to add an element of speculation to your post title.

Yeah, this is really speculative. Tesla did have plans for an RWD option, but it disappeared from the CT order page in August 2024. Since then, Tesla has said nothing about it.

Someone has poked into the code for the most recent Tesla iPhone app update. The code appears to reference conditions where a Cybertruck has no automatic tonneau or AC outlets. But all existing Cybertrucks have these features, so the code must be referring to some minimlalistic future CT, probably the previously-announced RWD version, right?

It's possible, but no guarantees. Maybe someone told the software team to add those features for 2025, when the RWD was supposed to be launched, and then forgot to cancel the request after the RWD option was dropped.

 

[CyberGus]

Good. [sorry, not sorry]
Wouldn't surprise me if the frunk was manual as well.
Downgraded sound system.
Maybe no heated steering wheel. No ventilated seats.

All cost saving measures to make it an entry level vehicle.

Deleting parts, like the frunk motors, is different from sourcing two different parts such as the steering wheel. It's cheaper to use only 1 wheel and software-lock the heater, instead of making two versions of the wheel.

 

[AlDente]

I'm more curious about Tesla Insurance discounts for FSD vehicles. Any details on that topic?

 

[JER]

I hope the base model doesn't have those opinions, would like to feel the early purchase and extra costs are worth something.

 

[WHIZZARD OF OZ]

Version 4.41.0 of Tesla app, which reveals that

Automatic Tonneau cover / AC outlets will not be standard across all trims of Cybertruck, guessing RWD. ?

Still gonna be AMA2!NG.....
Especially if it comes in under $60K
That, as they say in the classics, would make for a Compelling Car!

 

[Tinker71]

If it’s optional I’m OK with Tesla’s de-contenting strategy.

I‘m not surprised by the move. I remember Lars stated during an interview that leadership may make the tonneau cover optional on the RWD trim to help keep it affordable.

I always thought a reinforced fabric tonneau would serve 90% of the benefit for 30% of the cost. (hide stuff/aero/some cutting deterrence. ) while saving money and space. It could be located below the roof lip. Further the space for the hard tonneau could be accessible for 48vdc batteries or other storage.

 

[CarMan ElecTruck]

Manual Hood would not be terrible. The steel will not bend if you push on it by hand, unlike the Model3 and ModelY

 

[Mini2nut]

Build it and they will come.

 

[ABILISK]

Manual Hood would not be terrible. The steel will not bend if you push on it by hand, unlike the Model3 and ModelY

Everyone will be able to tell who has manual. The CTs with the 2 hand prints on the frunks are RWDs.

 

[SGAstros]

That’s exactly right. No not yet because the auto-calibration (as others suggested when I discovered that feature) was only a temporary fix and so it’s reverted to this behavior.

I was supposed to have it fixed when I got my winter tires but that hasn’t happened because they keep moving my appointment out because they don’t have the damn tires! I’m currently reschedule rescheduled for January 30 (this is the 4th time I’ve been rescheduled). Assuming my appointment isn’t moved again, they will be looking at my cover then.

In the meantime it’s pretty trivial so I don’t care I just have to ease it closed by tapping the button once it gets to that point. Minor inconvenience and since some people indicated that the repair involves replacing the entire roller assembly I don’t wanna be without my truck for something that stupid.

Mine goes in on the 24th for the same tonneau issue. I’ll let you know how it goes. Also looking at issues with error codes disabling features randomly…

 

[vandytom]

Still gonna be AMA2!NG.....
Especially if it comes in under $60K
That, as they say in the classics, would make for a Compelling Car!

tax credit may be dead by then though...

 

[CyberZephyr]

Not sure if people who use trucks for work will go for it if there are no AC outlets

yeah, that seems like a really bad idea, I hope they don't do that...

 

[Gaximus]

Not sure if people who use trucks for work will go for it if there are no AC outlets

People have been using trucks with no AC outlets for work for the past 80 years.

 

[YDR37]

Not sure if people who use trucks for work will go for it if there are no AC outlets

yeah, that seems like a really bad idea, I hope they don't do that...

The reference to AC outlets in the code includes the word "optional". So it's possible that a minimalistic base model CT might not have AC outlets as standard features, but they might still be available as an option at extra cost.

But again, this is reading an awful lot into a few references buried in the Tesla app code. Personally, I'm not convinced that Tesla will ever offer a cheap RWD Cybertruck. Tesla normally has no problem accepting reservations for future products (like the Semi, the Roadster, or the Range Extender). But they stopped accepting reservations for the RWD CT last August. And if Tesla literally won't take your money for an RWD reservation, that's probably not a good sign.

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