Tesla CyberTruck To Get Solar Roof, Reveals Patent


- Elon Musk had said at launch that the Cybertruck will get a solar roof
- The roof will be provided as an option and will have a range of 24 km
- The roof will just add daily range and will power auxiliary features
While the Cybertruck is a while away from being a car on the road because of the delay due to semiconductor shortages, the pandemic and the general overenthusiastic outlook of Tesla's founder CEO Elon Musk, we now have an idea where development for the pickup truck is heading. A patent application has revealed that there will be a solar roof option. Now, this is nothing new per se as Musk had talked about the solar roof himself stating that it would be an option that would add 15 miles of range per day. The patent application provides insight into how the system will work and how the car will look when the roof is on. This would be a breakthrough as many automakers have talked about adding a solar roof on the car but it hasn't actually come to fruition, so Tesla may be amongst the first to do so.

In the patent filing we get to see how the roof will look
Like in Cybertruck's case, the issue is that of range and of what will be powered. Since the roof can't be large enough to power a car, it can only provide enough juice to run auxiliary features. This is also not the first time Tesla has dabbled with a solar roof as Musk wanted his engineers to have one on Model 3 in 2017 but at the time it was deemed unviable.
Since the Model 3, solar cell efficiency has improved and the Cybertruck is also a bigger vehicle providing more room for the panels to save up energy that would be worth powering anything. Tesla's retractable bed cover as visualised in the patent filing looks quite elegant.
"A truck bed cover integrated in a vehicle (e.g., a truck), configured to move through an opening formed between a cab and a truck bed, and along a set of channels on the truck bed. The vehicle includes a motor engaged with the truck bed cover and configured to enable an automated movement of the truck bed cover along the set of channels. The vehicle in one embodiment is an electric truck configured to run off a battery pack stored within the electric truck. The truck bed cover includes a plurality of movable portions, the plurality of movable portions linked together in a flexible format," says the company in the filing.

The solar roof will be offered as an option
It is also said to be strong enough for anyone to be able to sit on top of the bed cover. Tesla also says that it can embed solar cells in the tonneau cover. Mind you, this will be an optional feature and it will need all these options to take on the highly impressive Ford F-150 Lightning.
"In one embodiment, the tonneau cover comprises solar electric cells that are electrically connected to a photovoltaic charging system and battery. In one embodiment, the battery is the vehicle battery that powers the vehicle, which in one embodiment may be an electric truck. When the tonneau cover is deployed to cover the bed and the solar electric cells that make up the slats are facing the sun, the battery within the electric vehicle can be charged by the solar electric cells," said the company.
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