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It would be very easy for Tesla to allow carrying safely a spare tire, if someone wanted to have a spare tire.You can fit modern spare in Y under rear floor of trunk. You need to remove the tub then support back half of tire on a milk crate. Floor sits flush. You can also strap the tire down so it won’t go flying around in a crash. I’ll show pics once my spare gets here
Btw using that hitch rack would cut range by prob 20%. It destroys aero, and aero is everything on an EV. Putting it on roof would be ridiculous. You would prob lose 30% range on hwy
Agreed on roof and don't plan on the hitch carrier for this. But to your comments on 20%You can fit modern spare in Y under rear floor of trunk. You need to remove the tub then support back half of tire on a milk crate. Floor sits flush. You can also strap the tire down so it won’t go flying around in a crash. I’ll show pics once my spare gets here
Btw using that hitch rack would cut range by prob 20%. It destroys aero, and aero is everything on an EV. Putting it on roof would be ridiculous. You would prob lose 30% range on hwy
exactly my thoughts as well. I live in north atlanta, which is probably the wealthiest area in the south with tire stores everywhere. It took 5 hours to get a tow to my house and another 3 days to actually get repl tire/ As I was being towed on flatbed home for 20 minutes the driver got 3 more calls for people with tesla and a flat. He said its all day every day, those people would be waiting hours for him to get there. So effing stupid when it takes 5 minutes to change a tire. Unless you have a week where you dont need a car and enjoy leaving your car stranded on the side of the road its a bad idea to run around with no spare. Fixaflat only does so much and also can destroy expensive TPS. This is not just a Tesla thing, its a profit grabbing move by many car makers now sadly. I guess Tesla thought if they provided a dedicated spot to put a spare, people would bitch there wasnt one. For the excessive price of this vehicle, pure greed not to include itIt would be very easy for Tesla to allow carrying safely a spare tire, if someone wanted to have a spare tire.
The main issue is that there is a beam between the two rear wheelhouses.
If this bean was a little bit curve then it would be possible to have a spare tire flat.
In many areas in US, like National Parks, there is no Cell communications, so having a flat there is a real pain.
You will wait a day for getting a flat bed truck. And also service centers with new tires are closed on weekend.
Also Tesla is selling cars in many countries where is would be impossible to get road assistance,
such as in middle of Autralia or Canada, and so on.
Note: This video shows an example of installing a spare, but Tesla should had designed this to make if safert:
I'am suprised that sites like Consumer Reports or Jalopnik didn't publish big headlines on this topic.As I was being towed on flatbed home for 20 minutes the driver got 3 more calls for people with tesla and a flat. He said its all day every day, those people would be waiting hours for him to get there. So effing stupid when it takes 5 minutes to change a tire. Unless you have a week where you dont need a car and enjoy leaving your car stranded on the side of the road its a bad idea to run around with no spare. Fixaflat only does so much and also can destroy expensive TPS. This is not just a Tesla thing, its a profit grabbing move by many car makers now sadly. I guess Tesla thought if they provided a dedicated spot to put a spare, people would bitch there wasnt one. For the excessive price of this vehicle, pure greed not to include it
what new rear casting might that be?I'am suprised that sites like Consumer Reports or Jalopnik didn't publish big headlines on this topic.
I hope that the new Tesla rear casting has been designed to allow installing securely a spare tire flat on the bottom of the trunk.
I am talking about the future one piece rear casting for the Model Y build in Texas,what new rear casting might that be?
there is none.
You are misinformed.I am talking about the future one piece rear casting for the Model Y build in Texas,
Since this piece is molded you can give any shape you may want, and in particular provide a location for a spare tire.
Here is a picture of a Model 3 with a reinforcement beam in the middle of the flat bed between the two rear wheelhouses.
I checked the Sandy Munro video of the tear down of a Model Y and a similar beam was clearly noticeable.
Because of this beam, a lot of storage is lost. I removed in fact the rear liner and I was able to get an additional 6-inch of clearance.
If this beam was curbed a little bit, this would had allow installing safely a spare tire inside the bottom of the trunk.
I really don't understand why Tesla engineers didn't try to allow to provide some space to install safely a spare tire in the trunk?
In some area you cannot get any cell coverage to call a road service, also if you live in some remore areas,
from Alaska to Australia, there would be no service center at all, so you have to carry a spare taking a lot of trunk space.
Honestly, if the Model 3 trunk would had provided space for a spare and had a hatchback this would have be a more practical car.
The Model Y presents an improvement, still not provide to carry a spare tire either. The Model Y is also about 400 lbs heavier.
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you have not examined the vehicle teardowns correctly.@tangible1 I'm sorry, I don't understand your comment?
The 'one-piece rear casting' is the one replacing the 2 pieces rear casting
that the Model Y had when Sandy Muro teared down it,
Maybe the current Model Y still have the 2 pieces, or maybe the MY rear casting is now a single piece?
However, here is a picture of the Texas single piece rear casting, and the beam in the middle is still present,
and I don't think there is enough room to install safely a spare tire flat at the bottom of the Model Y trunk?
I am not a car body structural engineer, but I wonder if it could have been possible
to design the reinforcing beam with a little curbing shape to provide a location for a spare tire?
See Sandy at Cyber Rodeo Giga Texas at 17:22
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The 2020 MY, if made after Feb or March, had the 'new' (at the time) rear casting.Agreeing with Watts_Up here. We have a 2020 Model Y that I believe has the two piece rear casting. It is joined together in the center.
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