The Frunk Question
Tesla fans have been taking in as much news about the Cybertruck as they can get for weeks now - but there’s one particular question about the vehicle’s specs that has been getting some attention lately without any answers:
Just how big is the Cybertruck’s frunk?
The front trunk of the new stainless steel truck has been a subject of much debate since we started getting images of it back in April this year - and well before that, if we’re being honest. But the beta production vehicles gave us our first real images to make estimations about the capacity of the front storage space.
Early estimates had the size being potentially similar to Ford’s F-150 Lightning. And even though Cybertruck pre-production models have been spotted in close-up venues like the Investor Day event in March, and the Petersen Museum visit in June - we’ve never seen a close up of the frunk.
Then on July 23rd, we saw these shots of a pair of Cybertrucks in a garage getting worked on. The main focus was the funny F-150 wrap on one of the models, but last week industry veteran Sandy Munro and his team went over this image and had some concerns about the size of the front storage space.
Obviously the two vehicles shown here don’t have the frunk’s tub installed - making it easier for technicians to get at the parts behind - but even without the insert, that space looks awfully small.
And then on August 4th, a pair of sightings showed more details.
In an overhead shot by Joe Tegtmeyer, we can see a Cybertruck charging in the Tesla lot - with what looks like a frunk insert laying in the truck’s box.
At the same time, we get a closer view of the frunk sizes from a quick video posted to Tik Tok by user “randomness2646”. Both the video and Joe’s drone shots seem to confirm that the frunk size is not only smaller than we would have hoped - but potentially varies in size.
This variation could be caused by Tesla’s technicians making small adjustments to production candidates - or it could be that frunk sizes will be different depending on which package you purchase.
The big problem right now is that we just don’t know - Tesla hasn’t released the specs yet, even though they’ve been very open about the size and features of the Cybertruck’s bed.
To be fair to Tesla though, the bed is a primary feature of a pickup truck, whereas the frunk is hardly the most important thing about the new vehicle. It would be great to get any sort of confirmation though.