Cybertruck vault sub-trunk fully opened! + Tonneau cover and tailgate lowering in action!

[charliemagpie]

drainage from the tonneau gutter which runs down the side of the gate and the splash is dispersed through those little holes.

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[CyberGus]

#i love a good speculation ?

You’re in the right place

 

[Crissa]

Also what do the amber side lights signifiy for truck width again?

Nada, my Mazda has amber side lights.

But again, they don't have to have the three center brights in a pre-production vehicle to signify width.

-Crissa

 

[cvalue13]

Here's a question what does everyone think these 'vents' are for on the left AND right sides of the rear bash plate.

Pedestrian warning sound speaker location

here’s the Model X

but in prior CTs we’ve seen under, they’d not yet been there

 

[CyberGus]

At which point the more nagging question is: how many chickens fit inside

Don't count your chickens before they're in the truck

 

[FutureBoy]

What I'm most worried about, what if I get a flat tire while acting as a boat? Will the jack work sufficiently well under water and where will I store the scuba gear so I don't have to keep coming up for air whille changing a flat tire?

Don't laugh, I want to make sure I'm prepared to handle anything, no matter how unlikely.

Just attach a regulator and scuba mouthpiece to the pressurized air hose. You might want a hose extension if you are going to change a front tire. The nice thing is that an EV won’t poison the source air with exhaust fumes so it will be much safer than working on an ICE vehicle.

 

[Crissa]

How many miles have you driven offroad before and how many trucks have you owned?

Many, many miles. I grew up a dirt track that didn't have a name. We got to name it when I was in elementary school. 'Mountain Road'. I like back country camping, although I tend to do it in my car. My current car isn't quite suited for that, but it hasn't stopped me.

I've never owned a truck, but I took my Civic more places than half the guys in the '4x4' club. I drove my dad's - he always had a truck - until my mom sold it in 2019.

-Crissa

 

[FutureBoy]

Ummm, no. Just what made you think that video was a reasonable source of information?

Why do we have to keep going over this? There is no non-pneumatic tire that can even come close to the performance of a pneumatic tire. And that's not going to suddenly change.

Curious thing in the video was that the non-pneumatic tire was specifically presented as being for the pressurized CT (Mars edition). So while they did sort of act like it would be used (or optional) on earth version CTs, periodically they would qualify that it was supposed to be for the Mars version.

I find it ironic that the non-pressurized tires would be used on a pressurized truck but the pressurized tires would be for the non-pressurized truck.

 

[cvalue13]

Don't count your chickens before they're in the truck

chicken truck, chicken truck, just my luck

 

[anionic1]

Tesla will likely offer a spare for those who think they need one but, IMO, it's kind of an out-dated concept for most common use cases. Those who think they need one can stash it wherever they think it makes the most sense.

You dont need it till you need it. And if it’s at home sitting in the garage that’s not helpful.

 

[Crissa]

You dont need it till you need it. And if it’s at home sitting in the garage that’s not helpful.

Neither if it's sitting under s ton of bulk material, either. Or filled with mud you need to scrape off before it's balanced. Or wasting range dragging on your butt as you go to the hardware store.

-Crissa

 

[RVAC]

The battery is there. Under is stupid. I'm going to get dirty enough changing the tire, I shouldn't have to pry the mud out of it; also it's light compared to the rest of the truck, so why would I put it at the bottom?

1) The battery is not there
2) It wouldn't be dirty as it would be covered by a closeout panel for aero efficency
3) Easier to deploy than having it in the bed and lower CoG

While there looks like there could be room for under vehicle storage behind the wheels (behind that well used bash plate) from the screenshots I've clipped here. It doesn't look like it's going to be made accessible to us (however we are still looking at Beta models so who knows) I don't recall any patents for electric drop down bash plate with spare wheel from Tesla as yet ?

It looks like the 'diaper' (orange outline) is removable, you can see fasteners on the sides (red circles). However with the under floor storage in the bed now being confirmed the chances of there being enough space for a spare are slim to anorexic.

 

[swengl]

How often have you had a flat requiring roadside swap?

Honestly curious, cause in my 25+ years driving, I have had to do that exactly zero times. But I do know someone who seems to have a flat every 4 months, but I chalk that up to her driving way too fast on pot hole ridden streets without making any effort to avoid the potholes, on a benz with low profile tires. I drive the same streets and make an effort to avoid barreling straight through the same potholes at speed on ridgeline A/T truck tires and don't seem to have come close to getting a flat.

I just think that on big chunky truck tires, driving even on crappy roads for a decent chunk of long distance road trips, the likelihood of needing to swap a flat on the side of the road is pretty damn low.

But It would be nice to have a spare, just like every car on earth has.

I too went almost 20 years without a flat, but unfortunately I've had 2 incidents when I needed to change the tire on my S in the last few years. One was an L-bracket that fell off of some moron's vehicle and blew the sidewall out (got a tow for that one) and the other was a nail in the sidewall (used a Modern spare that I had in the back of the car to take care of that one). I don't mind putting the spare in the trunk for longer road trips. The really nice thing (for me anyway) is that I can use the same spare for both the S and Y. I will probably buy a full sized spare for the CT and only take it with me when I go on trips over 150 miles from home. It's not like there won't be enough room in the vault for it and I'll figure out a way to strap it down to keep it from sliding around.

 

[uff_da]

I haven't had to change a tire on a road trip in over 15 years, and I've traveled over 250K miles in that time. There is supposedly on-board compressed air. I'm not sure how often an actual spare would be needed. But if I were pulling a trailer with solar array to recharge on the Alaska highway driving from lower 48 to Fairbanks (since there's not enough supercharger coverage there yet), then I'd throw a spare in the back for that kind of trip.

It depends on what areas are traveled frequently. In sparse areas like deserts or northern states, one would be advised to put a spare in the back, so I can see where you are coming from.

- ÆCIII

I would agree that you could optionally throw a spare in back for trips, but thats one more thing to manag.

I too went almost 20 years without a flat, but unfortunately I've had 2 incidents when I needed to change the tire on my S in the last few years. One was an L-bracket that fell off of some moron's vehicle and blew the sidewall out (got a tow for that one) and the other was a nail in the sidewall (used a Modern spare that I had in the back of the car to take care of that one). I don't mind putting the spare in the trunk for longer road trips. The really nice thing (for me anyway) is that I can use the same spare for both the S and Y. I will probably buy a full sized spare for the CT and only take it with me when I go on trips over 150 miles from home. It's not like there won't be enough room in the vault for it and I'll figure out a way to strap it down to keep it from sliding around.

This is one of those "there is no right or wrong" type of things, but I think a lot of people like the piece of mind of a spare. I just wish Tesla would make a spot to put one so you can choose to add it if you want. Some people will not want to carry it around. Others will. On the MY, I have seen people modify the truck space to fit a spare below in the sub frunk so it's frustrating that a few tweaks could be made to give the room but they don't do it from the factory. With the huge CT bed and it being more utility focused I was hoping for a spot. It's not a deal breaker for me by any means but something I was hoping for. I have never used the plug method but used the spare half a dozen times in my life. I will definitely be getting some fuzzy worm kits it guess.

 

[Crimson_Fate]

The only problem I have seen so far is that there is no obvious room for a full size spare (throwing one in the bed does not count) . So unless the CT comes with those Airless tires we have been seeing ( which would be the only reason not to carry a spare in a work truck) or they have room in the frunk for one then this will never be a work truck.

What do yall think?!

Video of tonneau cover and tailgate in action:

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