Quite a few have storage "frunk" in the front... (the last time I was in an EV it was where the charging cables were stored).
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Quite a few have storage "frunk" in the front... (the last time I was in an EV it was where the charging cables were stored).
Have you got one yet. Or still sat in Nissan dealers drinking tea to claim ‘EV ownership/ experience ‘
How does opening a frunk break a windscreen on a normal car anyway. The same people claiming EV are cheap to run are now saying you need a brace to open the bonnet to stop the windscreen breaking. An oil change seems less inconvenient as part of an overpriced service that having to brace the car to put your charging cables away ?
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I feel sorry for you, life must be pitiful to resort to this kind of spiteful **** posting.
I have no idea.
It’s boring mate. You don’t even have a EV and you talking about what? Can’t even detect sarcasm. Most EV you just chuck them in the boot as you put your bag in etc. no need to open both most the time
It’s not spiteful. It’s observation. You replied fast enough anyway to half quote me
Someone had a frunk in a EV that you sat in and some people put cables in a frunk. Which EV? How’s that relevant to what I replied to
Hear say roff. How many times did the uber driver get his cables out
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More nonsense...
Well tethered charger at home and fast charging on the road. You open that frunk for that 7kW cable as much as you top up screen wash.
On a serious note - my comment about the cable was just an illustrative example as to the "frunk" - what people do with the cables or whether they are generally used for that purpose is entirely irrelevant to the "frunk" existing and being a reason to access that area.
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I have a feeling you can’t actually open the bonnet at all - if you look at the picture it goes all the way down to the wheel arches and there’s a separate panel on the left wing for the windscreen wash fluid to be added which was highlighted on every review I ever watched!
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This is a single motor RWD version so the front space is just other equipment - the EQC was dual motor but still didn’t have a froot, but you could open the bonnet for top-ups.
Given it’s a saloon the extra storage space would be nice, but it’s not a priority.
5 minutes on YouTube shows the bonnet is able to be opened on the Mercedes, there's just zero need to do so for an end user by the look of it, so it doesn't have a big obvious lever to do it with.
Can't see any reason why doing so would cause the windscreen to break, so no idea what that comment was referring to.
In other Mercedes news:
New AMG GT, EV, 1169bhp, fake V8 noises.
Can't see any reason why doing so would cause the windscreen to break, so no idea what that comment was referring to.
In other Mercedes news:
New AMG GT, EV, 1169bhp, fake V8 noises.
Isn’t a EV a car ? You just told us all that you need to open them to get to cables ? Now no one ever needs to open bonnets.
Such a strawman position creating discussions for nothing then yet again offended you get called out for it. There is no frunk on the car that we were talking about yet you went on about some EV you were a passenger in and hence all EVs have frunks
Does Rroff mean really really offended?
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You aren't supposed to but you can, there is no built in strut, and no way to stop it going all of the way back. The opener is fastened under a panel that you need to pop open. Nothing you really need access to unless you have a 12v battery access or maybe want to check coolant levels etc.
seems like wasted budget hiding what is under the bonnet and creating a gesture of storage space --
when do we get back to traditional, where you can revel in the underbonnet engineering - like chrome in an alfa, a straight 6 ?
future ev modding market people will swap their drive units and open the bonnets at the OC motor meet.
e: ye I know I'd need to display my 550 by having some opening in the boot
when do we get back to traditional, where you can revel in the underbonnet engineering - like chrome in an alfa, a straight 6 ?
future ev modding market people will swap their drive units and open the bonnets at the OC motor meet.
e: ye I know I'd need to display my 550 by having some opening in the boot
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Not sure why you feel the need to misconstrue the contents of my posts... but if you look at the post above mine which I'm replying in context to I'm talking about Penfold101's Mercedes EQE saloon - not about EVs in general (hence the inclusion of "in this case" to denote I'm talking specifically about this car rather than vehicles or EVs in general).
Even most EVs have an openable bonnet - even if just for the "frunk" utility.
Me being "offended" is something you've entirely invented. If anything I'm amused and a bit disappointed.
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It’s a myth most EVs have a “frunk” (silly word) and of those that do have some space under the bonnet, it certainly isn’t enough space to call a second boot. Most of the time the space is barely enough to keep a pump, screen wash and first aid kit. Unless the space was properly sealed It’s really not a good place at all to store charging cables.
The frunk on the Smart #5 would probably take a small bag. It even has a little bit of carpet material in the bottom. I've not seen any water ingress which is good news. I open the bonnet after washing to dry any drips, and apply plastic detailer, and always seems nice and dry. With that said I still keep the cable in the underfloor part of the boot.
Even though the bonnet is on struts, it just seems wrong going to the front of the car and opening up the bonnet to get something out. lol.The frunk on the Smart #5 would probably take a small bag. It even has a little bit of carpet material in the bottom. I've not seen any water ingress which is good news. I open the bonnet after washing to dry any drips, and apply plastic detailer, and always seems nice and dry. With that said I still keep the cable in the underfloor part of the boot.
Yeah it’s just not a practical space on most cars even if the space is available. Maybe if the car had a front charging port, sealed space and short cable I’d keep my cable in there.
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Boot trunks for a carriage could be anywhere anyway…