Update on Mach-E launch progress from engineering friends in Mexico

[dbsb3233]

More likely NHTSA, so a nanny Federal regulation.

Yes. I was using the generic term ("state" = government), not the US state context.

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[SteveJo]

I prefer a manual release.

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[mattsaradan]

So I’m totally confused on the front trunk issue then. All Teslas have front trunks. Can’t they be opened from the remote/touchscreen? I thought they could? If so, how does Tesla manage this. No remote opening of the front trunk really decreases utility, even with the stupid divider.

Sounds like the Tesla (and other BEVs) are smaller. Long hood of the MME gives it the largest frunk which, ironically, seems to then run into a regulatory buzzsaw, if in fact the electronic lockout is not due to a technical engineering problem.

 

[jlauro]

So I’m totally confused on the front trunk issue then. All Teslas have front trunks. Can’t they be opened from the remote/touchscreen? I thought they could? If so, how does Tesla manage this. No remote opening of the front trunk really decreases utility, even with the stupid divider.

Maybe the doll doesn't fit? or maybe they are not air tight?

 

[dbsb3233]

Sounds like the Tesla (and other BEVs) are smaller. Long hood of the MME gives it the largest frunk which, ironically, seems to then run into a regulatory buzzsaw, if in fact the electronic lockout is not due to a technical engineering problem.

I have no idea if Tesla frunks are airtight, but that could be another difference too.

I kinda wish Ford had just put an air vent in the frunk. Seems like that should remedy the issue. I don't think I care that it's airtight, just clean. Slap a vent hole with a foam filter over it.

 

[agoldman]

I can't in my wildest imagination understand how a kid could somehow end up in the frunk and then close the hard to close top. Who thinks of these things? Geeze,. what a thing to worry about... What's next, electronic openers on coolers?

 

[ajmartineau]

WoW! 200 pages.... I'm so glad I don't have to start at the beginning.

 

[efisher]

As of right now its not listed but you might want to check again in december

Since the incentive amount is tied to EPA milage rating they cannot evaluate the Mach-E until the official EPA milage rating is posted.

 

[SnBGC]

It was definitely mechanical.

Felt that way to me too.
I wonder what clever method did Ford come up with to interrupt of that lever at speed?

 

[jlauro]

I can't in my wildest imagination understand how a kid could somehow end up in the frunk and then close the hard to close top. Who thinks of these things? ...

Are you sure it's hard to close?

Kid playing hide-n-seek
Bullies if it's hard to close

 

[Flydivesurf]

So I’m totally confused on the front trunk issue then. All Teslas have front trunks. Can’t they be opened from the remote/touchscreen? I thought they could? If so, how does Tesla manage this. No remote opening of the front trunk really decreases utility, even with the stupid divider.

The Tesla Frunks are smaller by a considerable margin. The closest match to a Mach-e frunk is the Porsche ICE rear engine cars (The Taycan also has a smallish frunk).

The 2020 Porsche 911 has a 4.6 cu. ft front trunk. That compares to the MME's 4.8 c ft. Both are big enough to fit a 3-year-old child (see https://www.nhtsa.gov/crash-test-dummies), 3' 1" and 36 lbs. The Porsche has several methods of opening the front trunk:

1. The level in the car by the driver (door sill area).
2. The "My battery died method."
3. The keyfob is nearby and I touched the font trunk lid by the emblem method. The bane of those washing their 911's with the key in their pocket.
4. The keyfob.

There appears to be no legal reason Ford cannot have remote access plus the divider. The divider is there because they need to prevent a toddler from entering a trunk and getting trapped. And there's no legal reason they need the divider unless the interior frunk emergency release isn't working properly. Porsche manages a remote entry to their front trunk without a divider and without disabling remote access.

 

[Daniel M]

3000!

Edit: Woohoo, must be my lucky day! Just scrolling and catching up and 3000 was just sitting there, waiting to happen.

Edit #2: Sorry there was no actual contribution to the thread. Yay MME!

 

[dbsb3233]

I can't in my wildest imagination understand how a kid could somehow end up in the frunk and then close the hard to close top. Who thinks of these things? Geeze,. what a thing to worry about... What's next, electronic openers on coolers?

That's what pisses me off about this whole frunk release and divider nonsense. Nanny state "Oh but if it saves just one life!!" nonsense run amock. It's so ridiculous.

 

[Rocky29670]

That's what pisses me off about this whole frunk release and divider nonsense. Nanny state "Oh but if it saves just one life!!" nonsense run amock. It's so ridiculous.

 

[timbop]

That's what pisses me off about this whole frunk release and divider nonsense. Nanny state "Oh but if it saves just one life!!" nonsense run amock. It's so ridiculous.

unless it's your kid

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