Ranulf
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Given that the patent is from last year, perhaps Elon and the team have come up with a redesign.
With the patent we have, however, the tonneau cover is a constant barrier that would prevent a pass-through option. The only way we could have pass through with this design is if the tonneau fully retracted around the motor. Yet even this is unlikely, as the last few segments of the tonneau are designed to seal up the slot in the body that the cover moves through.
It would take some pretty clever engineering to overcome this problem, but Elon has tweeted that a cab-bed pass through option may be possible. Who knows, maybe they’ll come up with something.
I’d like to be able to have a pass through and drive with, say, 10ft sticks of conduit with the tonneau cover covering the bed. Don’t think it will happen though.
Thoughts?
With the patent we have, however, the tonneau cover is a constant barrier that would prevent a pass-through option. The only way we could have pass through with this design is if the tonneau fully retracted around the motor. Yet even this is unlikely, as the last few segments of the tonneau are designed to seal up the slot in the body that the cover moves through.
It would take some pretty clever engineering to overcome this problem, but Elon has tweeted that a cab-bed pass through option may be possible. Who knows, maybe they’ll come up with something.
I’d like to be able to have a pass through and drive with, say, 10ft sticks of conduit with the tonneau cover covering the bed. Don’t think it will happen though.
Thoughts?
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