Does the model 3 actually have a trunk in the front?

[thelastdeadmouse]

I really wouldn't expect anything larger than that for rear wheel models. Remember, they brought the cabin up closer to the front, so that would sacrifice frunk space.

I think this is exactly right. If you look at the car in profile the front seats are unusually close the the front of the greenhouse, which means that the legs of the driver and front passenger stick past where the firewall would be for most cars. Old British sports cars are like this.

The battery and heater sit on the shelf in the center, transmission beneath, and legs on either side. The Model 3 will probably be similar. If you removed the front lining, I suspect you'd see the passenger compartment extend out where the red boxes are, and some kind of ancillary in the blue box like HVAC equipment and ducting. Its probably a little exaggerated the way I drew it, considering where the people are sitting in that photo, but you get the idea.

 

[Canuck]

Is that the Model 3 frunk bag optional accessory?

It looks like the two people in the picture above are giving each other a "thumb's up".

 

[malcolm]

Surely, it does have the trunk in the front

Yes it does.

...and don't call him Shirley.

 

[Craig-Tx]

Hmm, a hamster on a wheel hooked up by alligator clips to some alkaline batteries would do the trick as well

This is a pic of one of the Model S owners in the North Texas Tesla Owners Group. He displayed his vehicle like this for the National Drive Electric Week.

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• Craig-Tx
• Jul 19, 2017
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[AustinPowers]

This is a pic of one of the Model S owners in the North Texas Tesla Owners Group. He displayed his vehicle like this for the National Drive Electric Week.

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• Craig-Tx
• Jul 19, 2017
• 1

That poor little fellow. Just think how many hamsters you would have to go through to charge a 100 kWh battery to full...

 

[RayW]

Too small for a spare tire?

Oh, now you did it... the endless "Tesla doesn't have a spare tire" discussion

 

[RayW]

That poor little fellow. Just think how many hamsters you would have to go through to charge a 100 kWh battery to full...

Everything is on the internet -- an energetic hamster can generate about 0.028kWh per day. You'll need about 3,600 of the little guys in your frunk to charge your battery... seems doable... maybe Abstract Ocean will come out with some frunk doohickey

 

[Mr X]

I've been thinking about making the frunk a ball pit

That's all the balls you got?!

 

[kierants]

As long as I can fit a case of good beer in the trunk it will be fine for me.