Cybertruck's folding mid gate and roll-down rear window confirmed!

[CyberGus]

Probably Autocorrect issue. It’s Midgard.

https://www.worldhistory.org/Midgard/

The Norse name for the world inhabited by humans. Not to be confused with Asgard, land of the gods, or Jotunheim, land of the giants.

Apparently each Cybertruck will have a small Norse world onboard.

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[Ogre]

Ok. The other images it wasn’t quite clear to me if there was a back window which was clear or the back window was down/ missing.

This image makes it plain that the back window is either rolled down or just absent.

From this very video which has some great/ unique back stage footage of the Cybertruck.

(CT footagetat 9:50 mark)

 

[charliemagpie]

Great pics

It looks to me ,this one shows the midgate slanted…

Is it adjustable to allow the back seats to recline ?, Of course, engineering required to realign the slots to go back up.... is this what I am seeing ?

 

[Ogre]

Great pics

It looks to me ,this one shows the midgate slanted…

Is it adjustable to allow the back seats to recline ?, Of course, engineering required to realign the slots to go back up.... is this what I am seeing ?

The front wall of the vault has always been slanted rearwards. Its a little cheat they do to get the truck bed 78 inches long while giving a bit of recline to the back seats. One of the crazy things about this truck is how they optimize the hell out of everything to cram so much into the given space.

 

[Crissa]

The front wall of the vault has always been slanted rearwards. Its a little cheat they do to get the truck bed 78 inches long while giving a bit of recline to the back seats. One of the crazy things about this truck is how they optimize the hell out of everything to cram so much into the given space.

Yeah, no more stupid void between the bed and the cab where mice hide, or impossible to use space behind the seats that collects all the sticky wrappers.

-Crissa

 

[charliemagpie]

I just watched the vid you posted. Correct. This shows the tonneau tracks aligned at the same angle.

 

[Newton]

yall kinda bonkers, clearly the midgate cant fold down

but I guess theres still some chance.

 

[Ogre]

yall kinda bonkers, clearly the midgate cant fold down

but I guess theres still some chance.

If there is going to be a midgate I don’t think it exists in these prototypes.

It’s most likely we end up with windows that roll down which would be nice.

 

[fritter63]

yall kinda bonkers, clearly the midgate cant fold down

but I guess theres still some chance.

Big question is if when closed, the end of the tonneau cover clears the rear window and you can still see through it into the vault?

If not, that would indicate to me that the rolling mechanism is located in the "mid-gate" area, and therefore the tonneau must always have some contact there.

If however, they were able to have TWO areas of pinion mechanism, where the pinion ABOVE the mid-gate could operate until the tonneau (rack) is in contact with a LOWER pinion (which would then take over for moving the tonneau).... THEN you would have removed all tonneau mechanics from the mid-gate area, and could maybe allow it to fold down.

But all that would be exposed when the mid-gate was down then. Would be ugly, and probably a safety hazard (exposed moving parts and little fingers)

I think it's unlikely.

 

[Crissa]

Big question is if when closed, the end of the tonneau cover clears the rear window and you can still see through it into the vault?

Yes, you can. Or rather, you could on the prototype

-Crissa

 

[John K]

If no midgate, there is no way I will fit through that narrow window opening. Maybe when I was 20.

 

[Ogre]

If no midgate, there is no way I will fit through that narrow window opening. Maybe when I was 20.

Gotta switch your diet up to bran, whole oats, and skip the Fruity Os in the morning.

 

[Crissa]

Gotta switch your diet up to bran, whole oats, and skip the Fruity Os in the morning.

Mmm. Fruity-Os. And all I have right now is some all-balloon-marbit Lucky Charms. Which is... Meh. Somehow the children's hospital version just tastes off.

-Crissa

 

[Ogre]

Mmm. Fruity-Os. And all I have right now is some all-balloon-marbit Lucky Charms. Which is... Meh. Somehow the children's hospital version just tastes off.

-Crissa

Never understood Lucky Charms. It’s like stale Cheerios with dried up marshmallows.

Actually never really cared for most kids breakfast cereals thankfully.

 

[Crissa]

Mmm. The oat bits are not supposed to be stale. Or Cheerio like. Eww.

-Crissa

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