Tesla Van With Camping & SpaceX Packages Brings It All Together Could It Replace Your Home? – CleanTechnica

July 26th, 2020 by Paul Fosse

After Elon Musk mentioned that Tesla was working on a couple more vehicles, a compact car and high capacity vehicle, my mind started to race about how this van-like vehicle could use all of the technologies that Elon has mentioned in various interviews. First, lets cover the basics that Im 99% sure the vehicle will have. I got some of these ideas from one of my Cybertruck articles. After that, Ill take things in a little different direction than our previous Tesla Cybervan article.

Now, just out of that box, it would be a very desirable vehicle for those with large families or for operating a large-capacity robotaxi or intercity shuttle. Just as a base vehicle, it could sell up to a million a year, as people (especially Americans) like a vehicle that can haul their belongings and tow their toys. The Off Road Edition adds the following features:

The Camping and Home Office option would have the following features:

Those options would mean it can replace a house for many people. You would need a place to park your van, but it doesnt really need any hookups for water, power, or sewage like a traditional RV. I listed a $99 a month charge for HOA for the fee to park it somewhere. This is much less than RV parks charge, but since it needs fewer hookups, RV parks would have to lower their prices for Tesla Vans. Instead of buying a car and a house, you could buy this van and use it as your home and car.

The Tesla Cybervan would also be designed to navigate in the tunnels built around the world by The Boring Company to avoid the heavy traffic in many urban environments. For longer distance travel, you could take your Cybervan on a HyperLoop tunnel at about 600 MPH or on a SpaceX Starship to go anywhere on the globe in about 30 minutes.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Option really adds some far-out capabilities. With this option, you can load it into a SpaceX Starship and it will be airtight so you can take your vehicle to the moon or Mars. It will have air locks so you can get in and out of the vehicle. This version will cost a lot more and not have the regular doors since you couldnt use them in those harsh environments.

Ive had a lot of fun speculating about how the Cybervan could combine the features of the HVAC system, The Boring Company tunnels, SpaceX Starlink internet service, HyperLoops, and SpaceX Starships for Earth, Moon and Mars targeted flights. What do you think I got right or wrong? What ideas do you have for the Tesla Cybervan?

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Tags: HVAC, Octovalve, SpaceX, Starlink, Tesla, Tesla Cybervan, Tesla Vans

Paul Fosse A Software engineer for over 30 years, first developing EDI software, then developing data warehouse systems. Along the way, I've also had the chance to help start a software consulting firm and do portfolio management. In 2010, I took an interest in electric cars because gas was getting expensive. In 2015, I started reading CleanTechnica and took an interest in solar, mainly because it was a threat to my oil and gas investments. Follow me on Twitter @atj721 Tesla investor. Tesla referral code: https://ts.la/paul92237