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[J Alynn]

What the Frunk? Ford Now Charging Buyers For 2026 Mustang Mach-E’s Front Trunk​

What the Frunk? Ford Now Charging Buyers For 2026 Mustang Mach-E’s Front Trunk

The frunk used to be standard, but now it costs hundreds of dollars to add to Ford's electric SUV.

www.motortrend.com

Sounds like Ford is hoping people can't do math. Take something away, but lower the price. Once you add what was taken away, the price is higher.

That is F’G ridiculous

 

[J Alynn]

Well this is something.

7000 Buyers Will Soon Avoid Traffic by Pulling a Personal Aircraft out of Their Xpeng EV Van

The Land Aircraft Carrier is a six-wheeled EV van with a six-rotor drone in the back, set for production later this year, and it has already found 7000 adventurous buyers.

bit.ly

Someone can buy me one of these. I’d have fun screwing around

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

What the Frunk? Ford Now Charging Buyers For 2026 Mustang Mach-E’s Front Trunk​

What the Frunk? Ford Now Charging Buyers For 2026 Mustang Mach-E’s Front Trunk

The frunk used to be standard, but now it costs hundreds of dollars to add to Ford's electric SUV.

www.motortrend.com

Sounds like Ford is hoping people can't do math. Take something away, but lower the price. Once you add what was taken away, the price is higher.

Many of the frunk fans think it's frunking nonsense. The people who don't know the utility of the frunk don't seen to mind.

 

[speedrye]

https://www.theautopian.com/lamborg...-are-close-to-zero-buyers-for-ev-sports-cars/

With VW shifting more towards hybrid than BEV, and being short on cash, I'd be worried if my Scout reservation was BEV. I'm sure there are conversations on-going behind the scenes about total addressable market.

 

[cyure]

https://www.theautopian.com/lamborg...-are-close-to-zero-buyers-for-ev-sports-cars/

With VW shifting more towards hybrid than BEV, and being short on cash, I'd be worried if my Scout reservation was BEV. I'm sure there are conversations on-going behind the scenes about total addressable market.

BEV reservation holder here. I’m really not worried. SM isn’t VW. I know, I know, but they aren’t. I think I would be more worried if one Scout was a traditional hybrid with the engine under the hood instead of a frunk. That would be two completely different manufacturing processes. I completely understand the EREV is more complicated, but it’s more similar to the BEV being underneath with the battery. They are still taking BEV reservations. I’m not going to worry about it unless and until the ability to make a BEV reservation goes away.

As for sports cars, married to a sports car enthusiast who drove manual transmission sports cars for 30 years I think this is more a sports car manual transmission issue than an EV issue.

 

[oldgeeksguide]

Same thing they say in a cease and desist letter-we are copyrighted and you stole our intellectual property

I’m sure that’ll impress a Chinese court

 

[speedrye]

BEV reservation holder here. I’m really not worried. SM isn’t VW. I know, I know, but they aren’t. I think I would be more worried if one Scout was a traditional hybrid with the engine under the hood instead of a frunk. That would be two completely different manufacturing processes. I completely understand the EREV is more complicated, but it’s more similar to the BEV being underneath with the battery. They are still taking BEV reservations. I’m not going to worry about it unless and until the ability to make a BEV reservation goes away.

As for sports cars, married to a sports car enthusiast who drove manual transmission sports cars for 30 years I think this is more a sports car manual transmission issue than an EV issue.

Lamborghini is supposed to be pretty independent from VW as well... I'm sure VW is putting some pressure on Scout since they're still bankrolling the whole thing. Hopefully this doesn't turn into anything for all you BEV holders, but I'd be a little worried.