New Body-in-White pic shows front wheel well, front quarter window + more

[CyberGus]

Nobody notices the hole in the back of the backseats? Passthrough confirmed?

A passthrough for squirrels, sure

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[WHIZZARD OF OZ]

Wow, makes me wonder if there's a major crash to the front end.

Frame damage would be a different diagnosis with a CT. Maybe they could take it apart and replace the front clip? Or at worst make it into a badass off-roader.

BAJA 1000 here we come!!

 

[WHIZZARD OF OZ]

seems cheaper to manufacture sure....cheaper to replace after a minor collision? Only time will tell.

Looks pretty stout though not gonna lie.

Yep! Confirmed✓. CYBERSNOUT
S H M O K I N !

 

[Gurule92]

A passthrough for squirrels, sure

doggy door

 

[cvalue13]

A passthrough for squirrels, sure

don’t forget pet air molecules!

 

[hridge2020]

A passthrough for squirrels, sure

That's a rear weapons port, open the rear bed cover, drop the tailgate down --- Surprise!!

 

[FutureBoy]

Hey, Tesla probably will make a smaller version of CT, to tap into a larger market worldwide.

They just did make a smaller version of the CT. That's what we are getting. I'm curious if they will be making a larger one eventually.

In all seriousness though, I could totally imagine myself driving around a Kei car sized CT at some point.

 

[SolarWizard]

Nobody notices the hole in the back of the backseats? Passthrough confirmed?

Those openings are for pressure relief so your ears dont pop when you slam the door. They are on every truck and jeep ive ever examined.

 

[MonkeyDeLuffy]

They just did make a smaller version of the CT. That's what we are getting. I'm curious if they will be making a larger one eventually.

In all seriousness though, I could totally imagine myself driving around a Kei car sized CT at some point.

R2T will provide some reference in that direction.

And some imagination:

 

[JWass]

If they would make a smaller one I could see them ditch the rear seating and shorten the passenger frame section. Leave the front and rear castings un-changed. Then just slap the castings onto the shorter passenger frame. Very economical and keeps the bed length the same. Smaller pack is okay given the lowered weight.

 

[TyPope]

If they would make a smaller one I could see them ditch the rear seating and shorten the passenger frame section. Leave the front and rear castings un-changed. Then just slap the castings onto the shorter passenger frame. Very economical and keeps the bed length the same. Smaller pack is okay given the lowered weight.

That would work for a shorter CT but not if they need it to be narrower for Europe.

 

[kbolt]

The panels themselves will also be crush points, but yeah, when you look at a gigacasting, it has crush cans that stick off it.

A gigacasting is meant to just be an assembly of parts cast as one instead of welded together. You can still replace the parts, by replacing part of the gigacasting.

And yeah, I really want to see the crash tests. And the ones for the 4680 Y. And some post-crash teardowns.

-Crissa

They said on the earnings call that they are 10x cheaper and 3x faster to fix a gigacast

 

[JBee]

Guys your American county roads are not wider than roads in Europe or Australia, because either place still need to allow full size semi's to drive.

Besides the number 1 van sold in Europe, the Sprinter is just as wide, but higher and longer and goes everywhere a passenger car does, except through a drive thru and undercover carparks.

So please, if you can, stop saying the CT has to be "smaller" for other markets so they can fit down their roads. It's simply not true. Not everything is "bigger" in the USA.

As for the crush cans, these are typically only for impacts up to 25-30mph, anything above that will be going further through the vehicle, and the cast itself is designed to compress on impact as well. The question is if the cast is mounted with fasteners or welded to the cabin frame. I expect fasteners because of the dissimilar metals used, and if so, it should be possible to replace the cast and front end. The good thing about being an EV is that unlike an ICE your front mounted motor isn't destroyed, which is a major repair cost benefit.

 

[PilotPete]

A passthrough for squirrels, sure

Excuse me Gus,

Will you please pass me that squirrel please?

Yum!

 

[PilotPete]

Not everything is "bigger" in the USA.

SOME things are!



Leave me to my fantasy!

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