Sleeping in the cab

[ldjessee]

Hopefully there's a roof for the cab, which the midgate would reach up to, yes? The tonneau cover meets the roof. ^-^;

You know what? What if the tonneau cover was the mid-gate? Right now, it leaves the cab rear wall uncovered by rolling down... what if instead of having a wall there, it was just the tonneau cover meeting the rear window?

-Crissa

I could easily see that! push for open the vault, double press (or press and hold) to completely retract it.

Since the vault seals well enough for HVAC and keeps rain out...

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[Crissa]

I could easily see that! push for open the vault, double press (or press and hold) to completely retract it.

Since the vault seals well enough for HVAC and keeps rain out...

Yeah. Then flip or slide the rear window up out of the way, like a moon poof, open space.

I'd prolly leave it cracked open all the time if I could. That's what I do with my Mazda.

That would be the easiest, now that I think about how it works. That the rear window is under the top flange of the tonneau makes it easier, it's not taking direct weathering.

-Crissa

Why does what I type sometimes get randomly selected when I press return? Silly forum.

 

[ldjessee]

Yeah. Then flip or slide the rear window up out of the way, like a moon poof, open space.

-Crissa

Why does what I type sometimes get randomly selected when I press return? Silly forum.

No, I meant the whole separation between the bed (vault) and the cabin be the cover. No rear window to move out of the way.

Remember, the rearview is just a screen, so not like you need a window to look out the back (since when the vault cover is closed, you cannot see out the back anyway).

 

[Crissa]

No, I meant the whole separation between the bed (vault) and the cabin be the cover. No rear window to move out of the way.

You might want to drive around with the tonneau open but window closed so you can see your load and not freeze.

*shrug* There's a window in the prototype.

-Crissa

 

[ldjessee]

You might want to drive around with the tonneau open but window closed so you can see your load and not freeze.

*shrug* There's a window in the prototype.

-Crissa

Yeah, but I am not sure why...

If you have something in the bed with the vault cover closed, it has to fit under the vault cover, so there is a good chance you cannot see it from the driver's position.

If you have something in the bed and the vault cover is open, good chance it is big enough to require the cover to be open, so probably going to block view and looking at it from the driver's position seems not very useful.

So, how many use cases would you actually need to see into the bed from the driver's position?

Plus, the vault cover open would increase the drag of the vehicle, so less range.

I assume that is why they put the rearview as a screen instead of a mirror, as there was just not enough use cases where a mirror, even one with a screen built in, just did not make sense.

I would just add two 'vault view' cameras, one at the top nearest the cab, but able to see the bed/vault even when the cover is closed (maybe in the passenger top corner). The other would be the driver's side back corner, also positioned to see under the vault cover if closed. Fisheye or atleast very wide angle, good lowlight... probably a camera from a cellphone would work, being small, common, relatively inexpensive, and available in high volume.

I am assuming Tesla design team has thought of these things... but may not have come to the same conclusions I have. But if they have not thought of this issue, then they obviously need to hire us as consultants...

 

[Crissa]

Well, the window would let you see the quad.

-Crissa

 

[hridge2020]

a bed cam and trailer viewing cam too

 

[Frank W]

And for those people who want to sleep in the vault hopefully they will include interior controls to open and close it.

 

[hridge2020]

And for those people who want to sleep in the vault hopefully they will include interior controls to open and close it.

Probably will already be in the app....

 

[Crissa]

Well, it's required to have escape levers in the trunk of a car.

-Crissa

 

[ldjessee]

Well, it's required to have escape levels in the trunk of a car.

-Crissa

It will be interesting if they will see this as a trunk or if they will see it as a truck bed...

 

[ReddykwRun]

Just watching that video...yet again and the excitement continues to grow in me to be getting such a badass vehicle! It really appears to be so smooth in operation and I really cannot wait! Just recently sold a trailer that was taking up a space in my garage and I am having a Mitsubishi mini-split installed in my garage which sounds ridiculous but my house faces west and that afternoon sun really heats up the garage. I am tired of having to open the garage once it cools off in the evening just to release some of that hot humid air and then I have to remember to close the garage before I go to bed. The CT will look great in the space and I can’t wait!

I'm in the same boat, my garage faces west also. I have insulated garage doors but it's the heat of the cars coming into the garage bays that heat up the garage, not the sun. I did switch to a heat pump water heater last year and that helps a small bit and since it's in the garage it takes heat out of the space and dumps cool air in return. The mini-splits are great, I have one in a 500 sq/ft room over the garage and it does the job.

 

[Crissa]

...but it's the heat of the cars coming into the garage bays that heat up the garage, not the sun.

Going EV solves that problem ^-^

-Crissa

 

[Frank W]

I'm in the same boat, my garage faces west also. I have insulated garage doors but it's the heat of the cars coming into the garage bays that heat up the garage, not the sun. I did switch to a heat pump water heater last year and that helps a small bit and since it's in the garage it takes heat out of the space and dumps cool air in return. The mini-splits are great, I have one in a 500 sq/ft room over the garage and it does the job.

My garage has a insulated door however I don’t believe that there’s any insulation behind the finis drywall. The garage heats up even though I haven’t driven that day unfortunately. That being said, I am still looking forward to not having a ICE heat it up like Crissa stated! ?

 

[ldjessee]

My garage has a insulated door however I don’t believe that there’s any insulation behind the finis drywall. The garage heats up even though I haven’t driven that day unfortunately. That being said, I am still looking forward to not having a ICE heat it up like Crissa stated! ?

I got an insulated door (faces south) and put insulation above in the 'attic' which greatly improved the conditions in my garage. I used to have things freeze in the winter in my garage (like water, soda, etc) and get over a 100 in the summer but since both of those were done, it has significantly stabilized the temps. Even at -10F to 100F, my garage only varies between 44F and 72F (with the garage door closed). If I leave it open long enough, it will cool down or heat up, depending.