But How...?

[CWiley]

As I read these threads it seems that the "pass through" is at the top of the wish lists.

But how? The window rolls up and down inside the mid-section at the moment (I'm guessing). I can see the window folding down with/inside of this section. But what about the vault cover, where will it go? I think it rolls up behind the back seat at the moment, which is behind/in front of mid-section, respectively. If the mid-section folds away to create a "pass through" where will the vault cover roll away to? Heck, where will the mid-gate fold away to? It does not seem like an easy problem to solve without adding many dollars to the bottom line!

Suggestions anyone...?

Cybertruck, test ride driver answers a question: where does the cover go..? Its directly behind you. The passenger was sitting in the back seat.

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[Crissa]

The window rolls up and down inside the mid-section at the moment (I'm guessing).

Windows roll up in doors.

But what about the vault cover, where will it go? I think it rolls up behind the back seat at the moment, which is behind/in front of mid-section, respectively.

It rolls up past the window and under the seat, yes.

If the mid-section folds away to create a "pass through" where will the vault cover roll away to?

• Well, the window could, as you suggested, roll down into the gate. Or fold up to the ceiling.
• The vault cover could stay under the seat where it is.
• And the back wall is just behind the seats. It could fold down with them.
• Why can't the back wall of the cabin can't just be 'the tonneau cover': Why does it need to fold any where?

Lots of ways to do this.

-Crissa

 

[Newton]

Personally I dont think we will get a pass through, maybe an open-able window though, which is honestly good enough for me.

It would require a decent redesign to put the vault cover lower,or under the bed, and fold the midgate somewhere

 

[CWiley]

Windows roll up in doors.


It rolls up past the window and under the seat, yes.

• Well, the window could, as you suggested, roll down into the gate. Or fold up to the ceiling.
• The vault cover could stay under the seat where it is.
• And the back wall is just behind the seats. It could fold down with them.
• Why can't the back wall of the cabin can't just be 'the tonneau cover': Why does it need to fold any where?

Lots of ways to do this.

-Crissa

Not that middle window...It won't roll down in the doors...Your other ideas are pretty good though!

 

[Crissa]

Not that middle window...It won't roll down in the doors...Your other ideas are pretty good though!

It could roll down. I didn't say it would. This is just an option. Was it the Bronco that had the roll-down window in the tailgate? I forget.

-Crissa

 

[LoPro]

It could roll down. I didn't say it would. This is just an option. Was it the Bronco that had the roll-down window in the tailgate? I forget.

-Crissa

So it is known that the current cover rolls up as a roll under the back seat? I would have thought it rolled back under the floor of the bed. But because of pythagoras theorem or something that would leave a bit at the bottom of the cabin back wall of course.

I agree this could all be solved to make a big opening when wanted. I guess if it’s not disproportionately costly or reduces safety somehow.

 

[TheLastStarfighter]

So it is known that the current cover rolls up as a roll under the back seat? I would have thought it rolled back under the floor of the bed. But because of pythagoras theorem or something that would leave a bit at the bottom of the cabin back wall of course.

I agree this could all be solved to make a big opening when wanted. I guess if it’s not disproportionately costly or reduces safety somehow.

I read an article some time ago that showed a sketch of how the cover works; it rolls up below the bed behind the seats essentially in the spot where the Rivian truck has it's pass-through extra storage for golf clubs or whatever. I just searched for 15 mins but I can't find the article again; it was a discussion about the truck, I think by a well-known journalist or magazine.

Anyway, that bed cover operation does present a problem for a pass-through to the cabin, but not impossible. The rear window wall provides a track for the cover to move up or down. It moves behind the window and into the wall, and then into the floor and rolls up. So the back wall does nothing when the cover is either up or down, only in between. To make a pass-through work, they would just have to move the track outside the back wall in the bed area. It's already there partially, where the window is. Then you add hinges to the wall and it can fold forward. It would add complexity to the design, but it would be awesome, and the buyers on here do really seem to want it, myself included.

 

[VolklKatana]

Im with @Newton , i dont think this is going to happen, and Im totally alright with that and actually prefer it to be honest. One less moving part/seal to worry about, and i feel that the use cases are extremely limited. I plan on keeping this vehicle a very long time, so i dont want to have to worry about this down the road.

 

[LoPro]

Personally I dont think we will get a pass through, maybe an open-able window though, which honestly good enough for me.

It would require a decent redesign to put the vault cover lower,or under the bed, and fold the midgate somewhere

I think this is good enough for me too. The possibility to grab something in the back through the window and it being a big enough opening to be able to crawl through either way in case of an emergency.

 

[rharl]

so easiest answer for the vault cover is that it will not operate with the gate down. If the pass thru is down the cover stays in what ever position you put it in before you open it. So going to sleep in bed close cover and open mid gate to climb thru. Want to carry larger cargo open the cover then fold down mid gate. Would this not work? the issue is the operation of the cover while the gate is open currently.

 

[TheLastStarfighter]

so easiest answer for the vault cover is that it will not operate with the gate down. If the pass thru is down the cover stays in what ever position you put it in before you open it. So going to sleep in bed close cover and open mid gate to climb thru. Want to carry larger cargo open the cover then fold down mid gate. Would this not work? the issue is the operation of the cover while the gate is open currently.

That could work, or like I said above they can just move the guide rails the bed cover guide rails are outside the rear glass, so that could just continue to the bottom rather than going in the back wall.

 

[Crissa]

So it is known that the current cover rolls up as a roll under the back seat?

Yes, somewhere on this forum is a video showing it rolling up past the rear window.

The track of the roll-up cover doesn't need to block the pass through.

Aha! https://www.cybertruckownersclub.com/forum/threads/sleeping-in-the-cab.1290/post-21589


-Crissa

PS, the gate of the prototype did not open with the tonneau down.

 

[CyberDingo]

Crissa...
My Bronco and Landrover Freelander had roll down rear windows.
Very handy.
The LR did do a strange thing though...if the power was disconnected it would always lower the rear window, and I didn't know this until found the window down after a rain storm!

 

[CyberOwl]

Yes, somewhere on this forum is a video showing it rolling up past the rear window.

Nothing is stored under the rear seat. Nowhere does it show or claim this.

 

[TheLastStarfighter]

Nothing is stored under the rear seat. Nowhere does it show or claim this.

It’s not under the rear seat, no. It’s under the front of the bed.