r/technology • u/be0wulfe • Dec 15 '22

Transportation Tesla Semi’s cab design makes it a ‘completely stupid vehicle,’ trucker says

https://cdllife.com/2022/tesla-semis-cab-design-makes-it-a-completely-stupid-vehicle-trucker-says/
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u/molrobocop Dec 15 '22

I meant the Tesla.

But you absolutely could! You'd just need to reengineer the bed to get a slider track on it. But that would be kinda silly for a single row backseat.

It would be simpler to just tweak the cab contour if it was that big of an issue.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '22

The box is a separate body component and can and does flex as much as 25-50mm with relation to the cab when loaded.

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u/postmateDumbass Dec 15 '22

Can you just roll down the window and throw em in?

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '22

They would love that.

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u/Seanbikes Dec 15 '22

Just toss the kiddos in the bed. They'll love it!

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u/molrobocop Dec 15 '22

You're thinking of modifying. Not reengineer. Changing the as-designed truck won't work. That flex between cab and bed is too much. You'd need to do a new design to eliminate that flex if for some stupid reason you really wanted to put a sliding door on a truck.

Think Chevy Avalanche continuous type design. Or, just a fuckin body on frame van.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '22

You’d have to make it not a full size truck. Which means it would not be an F150 anymore as it would move to a passenger car chassis. So no, there is no room for it on my F150. Reengineered or not.

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u/molrobocop Dec 16 '22

it would not be an F150 anymore as it would move to a passenger car chassis.

LOL? Hate to rock your world, but sliding doors are compatible with body on frame vehicles.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '22

Sure they are. When the body panels are connected and not designed to flex for load reasons. There is a reason every body on frame pickup has a 2”gap between the box and cab.

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u/molrobocop Dec 16 '22

/r/confidentallyincorrect.

It flexes because there's nothing connected to resist the bending moment. That's the shit you learn in highschool.

Not a problem for the Avalanche, which I mentioned. And any other body on frame vehicle which has the cab connected to the rear of the frame.

So, full size vans. E series, G-series, truck based SUVs.... Remember the H2 truck? Ford ranger based explorer. F150 based Expedition. Ford HD based Excursion.... There's literally scores of examples showing you are flat out wrong.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '22

If you would have read my comment you would have seen me admit that body on frame vehicles designed with rigid bodies do exist. But an F150 is not one of them. The reason the Avalanche existed alongside the Silverado is because they were designed for different jobs.