New Frunk in Town- Cybertruck Beta Videoed

[XLT Jeffy]

Front visibility looks like it could be terrible with that A-pillar.

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[F150ROD]

 

[stickyfingers]

The Semi won.

 

[Ken]

That front dash is large enough to have a picnic on. It's so big it even has its own little windows! This video is probably the least ugliest I have seen yet but it is still yuck.

agree, I think it doubles as a sleeping surface for camping mode. What a waste of space

 

[RedLightning86]

Yawn. Camera walks slowly around a Cybertruck, with…..mirrors and a grill. And no look at the frunk. Yawn.

Don’t get me wrong; CT will be a much more useful truck than the Hummer. and it’d be fun to bounce deer off that steel body, after paying for deer damage to several cars and trucks over the years, here in Wisconsin.

But this was no huge reveal. It was a still piece for the fan club and investors. If it was a working prototype meant to show us it’s chops, people would be actually, you know, doing things with it. Like powering the whole display area from outlets in the frunk and bed, like the Lightning did a year and more before it went into production. Heck, they only just applied for the patent for the steel.

 

[Kev12345]

Did anyone watch the tesla investor day presentation? Specifically the part how they’re going to be manufacturing the trucks and next gen cars? I know the presentation is meant to drive investment and pump the stock but I think tesla is on the brink of an iPhone moment to everyone else’s Nokia’s.

 

[TheBigBezo]

Did anyone watch the tesla investor day presentation? Specifically the part how they’re going to be manufacturing the trucks and next gen cars? I know the presentation is meant to drive investment and pump the stock but I think tesla is on the brink of an iPhone moment to everyone else’s Nokia’s.

In terms of the giga press or making and using their own 48v architecture?

I think Tesla is already running about as lean as you can get. That's not a bad thing, it is very effective, but I'm not sure how much more costs they can trim. I guess we'll see.

 

[Kev12345]

In terms of the giga press or making and using their own 48v architecture?

I think Tesla is already running about as lean as you can get. That's not a bad thing, it is very effective, but I'm not sure how much more costs they can trim. I guess we'll see.

I mean the huge gains in efficiency in the factory build process. Large casts to reduce part numbers. 48v architecture. Simple interiors. Very few model trims/options for assembly line efficiency. Structural battery packs. This new generation car is going to be a big deal. Cybertruck will use the same methods AND not require paint. No dealers. All of this combined gives them a huge price advantage.

For comparison, an XLT long range Lightning costs $100k here in Canada. The average joe just can’t afford that.

 

[TheBigBezo]

I mean the huge gains in efficiency in the factory build process. Large casts to reduce part numbers. 48v architecture. Simple interiors. Very few model trims/options for assembly line efficiency. Structural battery packs. This new generation car is going to be a big deal. Cybertruck will use the same methods AND not require paint. No dealers. All of this combined gives them a huge price advantage.

For comparison, an XLT long range Lightning costs $100k here in Canada. The average joe just can’t afford that.

I don't think it will have nearly the impact you're suggesting. Most vehicles are already made in large casts and welded together. 48V does offer a lot, but they're not the first to discuss it, it just hasn't seen mainstream pick up yet. The simple interiors and similarity between vehicles and trims helps up to a point, eventually as more competitors hit the market people are going to ask why they are buying a Tesla if its spartan interior lacks against other vehicles. Structural battery packs, sure I guess, I'd need to see a mock up because I'd rather continue with something like Fords that has ease of access to replace. As for the image, I mean, that's pretty much already how it's done. Have you seen the videos of our Lightning being made? They build the bed and the cab and combine the two on the frame. I guess they could finish the cab's interior first but the idea that building portions of vehicles separately then bringing them together seems marginal at best and very far from an earth shattering modernization of manufacturing...

 

[vandy1981]

Take a look at the windshield wiper sweep pattern in this new twitter post. I can't tell if it's genius or madness.

 

[Bills R Electric]

That will come tonight. The beta front end was redesigned and you can now see the grill is part of the hood. This just shows the success and popularity of Fords Frunk has pushed Tesla to rethink the front end of the truck and include one.

I hope, hope you are right and it like the Ford.
Between the Rivian approach, and the Ford way, the Lightning wins hands down.

 

[Coolbreeze704]

I hope, hope you are right and it like the Ford.
Between the Rivian approach, and the Ford way, the Lightning wins hands down.

I truly love that frunk on my lightning.

 

[meow]

Isn't "beta" Tesla for production ready?

 

[lightspeed]

I like it in general and don't really care how it looks, though sci-fi apocalypses is fine with me. It will look great with a 50cal machine gun in the back -- CHROME so CHROME!!!

I think people would like how it looked a lot more if it went straight back from the apex and then dropped straight down into the bed area like a conventional truck and I don't love how the current design forces the back seats to be significantly lower than the front seats. That's not going to be great for passengers.

The vast dashboard is also kinda a turnoff. That's going to get HOT unless they infrared block the hell out of it.

 

[davehu]

2nd row is squeezed.

and looking at the roof lines, the headroom in the backseat must be much lower than the front seats.

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