How do you like the frunk size

[CYBRSMTH]

The lighning frunk in mega useful.
all my jobsite tools fit in there, tailgating is game changing, can be made into a bad ass little day bed for camping and most any coaches sports equipment fits in their. Idgaf about golf but two people can hit the links out of it.
vault = lighning with a roll n lock or other tonneau

I mentioned the game-changing nature of a frunk on a pickup truck in another post.

About a dozen ‘legacy’ automakers, for the past 90 years, would beg to differ?

That’s true a VW Beetle had a rear-mounted engine and as a result had a frunk. I wasn’t aware of any pickup trucks with frunks though.

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[Cybertruck 1974]

OK the frunk is seen and confirmed. Any chance someone doing demo rides, etc have seen any side storage in Wings? Or anything else for storage?

 

[Crimson_Fate]

On the bright side they utilized all that space under the dash ,as far as the frunk is concerned , I think people had hopes it would act as either a tool locker ( to offset having to install one in the back of the bed) or as a spare tire holder . Its really neither.

I'll reserve judgement for when I can actually sit in and drive one but I am racking up some negatives . It is looking more like Tesla is trying to give us everything and in doing so none of it "Great"

1) rear seat leg space seems very tight ( not even close to a crew cab)
2) No full size spare storage, throwing a tire in the bed is not a realistic option. (This is making the CT seem aimed at grocery getter rather then a work truck unless it has airless tires)
3) No Midgate access
4) Limited accessible tool storage in frunk
5) waiting to see how the implementaion of the rear view mirror is done since the bend in the roof makes the rear window lower and smaller and with the rear cover down will they be using cameras on the screen or cameras on the rear view display to show whats behind ?

I was planning on having a CT and a MY but I may just trade in the MY for the CT.

 

[Ryan95738]

everybody sees the frunk size and discuss is heat. Let's do some survey here. I believe there should be some program manager from Tesla in this forum, so you guys can also see how we think.

It looks like 60% of us are fine with it.
I am too, I feel like if there's a good shelf system that's installed then it will be very useful, being small makes it easier to put things in there and not worry that they are going to move about a lot, perfect for groceries and perfect for small tools

 

[cvalue13]

As a Lightning owner for over a year, I can say that having a large Frunk is awesome. It’s utility in a full sized truck can’t be compared, say, a Frunk in sedans/SUVs that already have an insulated trunk space. It’s utility also can’t be compared to say, a truck with a tonneau or camper shell installed. There’s no getting around the fact that for MANY users, especially those converting to a CT from an ICE truck, a larger Frunk is better - and the bigger the better.

THAT SAID:

• anyone that was expecting the CT to have a Lightning-sized Frunk was either high on hopium or misled by those high on hopium - in which case this disappointment is at some levels unwarranted

• a vehicle’s utility and value proposition doesn’t stand or fall on any single metric, but instead the collection of its offerings

• for every cubic foot of Frunk the CT doesn’t have compared to a lightning, the CT is offering handfuls of features not available on or as comparable to the Lightning

• for just one example, some of the cubic feet have been effectively reallocated to the bed length, nearly in a 1-for-1 basis

• a 5.5’ bed is about 38cuft
• A 6’ bed is about 41.5cuft

the above is as rectangle, add the additional increase in enclosed tonneau volume and you’re probably at about the 7cu feet (Lightning is 14cuft)
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• there are no such thing as solutions, only compromises

In all: the CT having having ~1/2 the Frunk as the lightning should have been anticipated years ago, still offers plenty of utility (more than some will need, less for others, plenty for most), and has been the result of compromises that on a net basis were determined by Tesla to be optimum overall

tell me all about the other features, then tell me the price, and I’ll tell you how much I’m left caring about the smaller Frunk I’ve assumed for ages

 

[ericson]

Wish one of the storage areas could be 'cooled' as needed to keep my trips to the butcher and groceries less of a hurry on a hot day. I haven't tried tossing ice into my Model Y trunk, maybe that would do the trick.

 

[AZCYBER]

Life is about compromises. It fits in the garage. And first of all, how about we wait until there are specs. We keep a soft cooler in our S frunk. It's great for the Costco run. Cold/frozen in the frunk. All else in the trunk or back seat.

 

[AZCYBER]

Wish one of the storage areas could be 'cooled' as needed to keep my trips to the butcher and groceries less of a hurry on a hot day. I haven't tried tossing ice into my Model Y trunk, maybe that would do the trick.

We use an AO soft cooler and a block or two of Cooler Shock (phase change fluid that is colder than water ice). The cooler "lives" in the frunk of our S. The combo works great.

 

[PilotPete]

of course they did, but they had the engine at the other end. So their Frunk was a trunk at the front.

Twisted

Not ALL of them. I have an ICE car, with a frunk, AND a trunk. Not, it's not a truck, but it does have BOTH.

 

[PilotPete]

in this forum, it’s politically incorrect to say CT in some point needs improvement.
if you say so, ppl would point at you saying: ct gets so much more, patient, bluhbluh…

I don't necessarily agree with you. I think the biggest fault here is saying the CT needs improvement based on some rumor that a guy said he heard from another guy who knows a guy... you get the idea.

We know NOTHING about the CT and its capabilities at this point. It's all speculation and rumor. To say the CT needs improvement because of something you don't actually know is, kinda funny. We can speculate for fun, hope this rumor is true or that rumor is false. In the end, wait until it's announced and then tell us what you do and don't like. And I don't believe for a moment that the big T is scanning these boards hourly to decide on what to do or not to do based on our opinion.

 

[cvalue13]

We know NOTHING about the CT and its capabilities at this point. It's all speculation and rumor.

while I get the point, and it’s true, on a lot of topics, there are many other topics where we do know plenty.

plenty for direct conclusions, and for reasonable inferences

also, not everything discussed here is absent information from Tesla, either public or private.

that said, does make it hard to tell which is which at times

for example, people who call “speculation” on one topic will turn around and cite existence of 3mm SS panels, when that’s no more substantiated than a midgate (arguably less)

 

[fhteagle]

Because the frunk is so easy for a thief to pop open on our Y, we do not keep anything valuable in there anyway. Emergency supplies like water, blankets or shade cloth depending on season, dry change of clothes, windshield washing supplies, etc. I expect to be doing similar with the CT, so 5-7 cu ft range is just fine by me.

 

[azjohn]

Looks pretty small to me


https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/08/Tesla-Cybertruck-frunk-with-liner.jpg

 

[Warhawk123162]

Elon sold this as the “biggest baddest” truck. I made my reservation in November 2019 a couple days after unveiling. I ordered trimotor. I am a construction company owner who has several F350s. I NEED the biggest baddest truck out there. It’s gotten smaller and now it seems the dual motor will be the first one available?. If ford comes out with an electric 250 that can tow 14000 and has that massive frunck, no need for side boxes with that, then I may have to go ford. I’m on my second Tesla a dual motor 3 and now a Y sport. I want to stay Tesla, I love the cars, but I need some reassurance at this point. Which model their producing, specs and price. Come on man it’s time. There’s a million and a half orders that’s 150million we gave you site unseen. give us a little respect nail this down and tell us what we’re getting and when and how much.

 

[ericson]

Because the frunk is so easy for a thief to pop open on our Y, we do not keep anything valuable in there anyway. Emergency supplies like water, blankets or shade cloth depending on season, dry change of clothes, windshield washing supplies, etc. I expect to be doing similar with the CT, so 5-7 cu ft range is just fine by me.

Last place they'd break into though? I've had two break ins, both aiming for the trunk. No attention up front at all.

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