New Cybertruck Frunk Look + New Wheels Style! [8/13/23]

[Bill W.]

I do not think these are production vehicles. I know better. We all do. I was just asking about how windshields are installed in production vehicles and whether tape is needed. It would be slow if it had to be applied by people wouldn't it? Would tape be applied by a machine? I am still asking questions here.

I have worked in several vehicle assembly plants, and have only observed tape being applied when the glass is installed outside of the assembly line. This would be for vehicle repairs, or installations performed without the production equipment. IMHO, the vehicles with tape were assembled prior to the availability of the production installation equipment. Hope this helps to clarify!

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[COLAB]

I have worked in several vehicle assembly plants, and have only observed tape being applied when the glass is installed outside of the assembly line. This would be for vehicle repairs, or installations performed without the production equipment. IMHO, the vehicles with tape were assembled prior to the availability of the production installation equipment. Hope this helps to clarify!

Exact ! ?

 

[fritter63]

Hoping there are tie down points (or a place to put them) so that loads (like my road tripping paranoia plethora of charging adapters and extension cords) can be secured so they don't fall out when you open the frunk after slamming on the brakes for a slow moving F-150 in the fast lane.....

 

[kraal]

A somewhat small frunk can be annoying if we need to run all the time to the trunk to drop things!!
The rims look nice!

 

[cvalue13]

I don't feel you can attribute too much from these kind of photos. Same thing happened with the Model 3 when they were testing stuff just before production. The wheels and tires in those test videos and photos were NOT what were sold with production vehicles. Same with a bunch of other stuff. I wouldn't assume those are set in stone for production release of the Cybertruck.

the inference at play here:

across betas, we’ve already seen different and consistent wheels - which ‘old’ wheels are now not showing up on release candidate trucks

these release candidates are showing up with new wheel sets not previously seen on betas

so while I suppose and agree that it’s *possible* that Tesla has with the RCs just introduced a second set of new wheels, but before production will introduce a third set

but nonetheless, these RCs are in the last few weeks showing new wheel sets not previously seen in the past 4yrs

which if nothing else makes these new wheels more likely to be the ultimate production wheels than we’re those on the betas

 

[HaulingAss]

Nice, seems functional. People on this forum will be disappointed they can’t sleep in it though.

No kidding. Some people will probably complain that it's too small for a game of miniature golf.

It does look like it would hold a couple of snowboards securely.

 

[Revoltlution]

That front corner looks wicked!

 

[cvalue13]

That front corner looks wicked!

 

[Sirfun]

That front corner looks wicked!

You do realize that corner is 1/8" thick like this bottle opener that I have taken on airplanes, and through tons of concert event metal detectors, without ever being questioned. NOT exactly sharp like a knife.

 

[ZAKEEUS]

Looks much larger than my S frunk which has always been enough for me.

 

[Mini2nut]

The windshield tape? Along with the new Cybertruck production line the windshield, glass roof and adhesive installation robots are not up and running. My research tells me that Tesla is still assembling the RC candidates by hand.

 

[cvalue13]

My research tells me that Tesla is still assembling the RC candidates by hand.

Ive been trying to come up with a good analogy, but not doing great at it.

Best I’ve come up with:

Imagine Bob’s Burgers’ two story restaurant/apartment, the restaurant still being built-out downstairs.

While the restaurant kitchen is being built out and appliances installed downstairs, Bob is meanwhile in his upstairs apartment kitchen creating the menu items.

As the kitchen appliances, pans, and bulk ingredients start coming in, Bob’s increasingly running back and forth from the apartment kitchen to the restaurant kitchen, testing the new commercial equipment/ingredients against the apartment recipes/ingredients.

An increasingly iterative process, morphing into one day eventually Bob doing all his cooking in the restaurant kitchen, alongside the rest of the fam. Not so much a ‘hand built’ one day, production line built the next.

But as for the CT, no doubt it is still materially being constructed partially if not largely in Bob’s apartment, though Bob’s increasingly running downstairs to the useful pieces of the kitchen, getting Linda trained on the register, etc.

They appear to building RCs at the pilot line in TX at a rate far exceeding the beta pilot line in Fremont. More hands, increasing amounts of kitchen installed and utilized.

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