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How does the trunk work on the Model 3
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igotzzoom
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It's weird how much different those two perspectives look. The straight-rear perspective makes the opening look fairly large, whereas the side view makes it look tiny. Could anyone that was at the reveal in-person comment?
That's because the trunk is tall but it's narrow front to back.
You mean shallow front to back? It seems fairly deep to me, but depending on the angle the actual opening looks shallow, but Elon said that they were going to work on making it bigger.
It's the lighting as well. In the rear view, the inner/bottom edge of the trunk opening is not seen well as it's in the shadows. In contrast (literally), the side view does show light shining on it and it visually/physically reduces the effective size of the opening.
stopcrazypp
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I think he is saying the opening is shallow front to back, which is fairly obvious from the picture. The trunk may not necessarily be shallow.
Having a shallow opening causes issues when loading large boxes (or something like a cooler). Basically the box can fit inside the trunk, but because of the shallow opening, it can't get in (it gets stuck on the top edge of the opening and the bottom edge lip).
There are two possible solutions:
1) Make the opening less shallow by shaving off the glass (as shown by marcmailer's pictures)
2) Lower or eliminate the lower lip (however I suspect there must be some lip or it can't seal properly).
Zaphod
Galaxy President (former)
I would prefer a hatch, but trunk is not a deal breaker. My biggest issue/concern with the trunk as-is, is to me the parcel shelf (or whatever you want to call it) is just so much wasted space. I assume it is fixed into place, so even though the seats could fold down, you couldn't have any taller items there.
Other concern, while seemingly minor, is that glass way down at the bottom is going to be a pain to clean. I don't know the distance from the headrest to the base of the window, but its got to be a stretch.
Other concern, while seemingly minor, is that glass way down at the bottom is going to be a pain to clean. I don't know the distance from the headrest to the base of the window, but its got to be a stretch.
Jaff
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I didn't know the Bolt had a rear facing seat option...
igotzzoom
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Yeah. It's bad enough in my Sonata. I can only imagine what a PITA this glass is going to be to clean. And as cool as it looks, there's so MUCH of it.
Thanks. That is basically what this entire thread is about. But you have summarized it well. ;-)
igotzzoom
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Just get one of these:
Wonder if this is going to be the "special gift" EM was talking about for the people waiting in line.
MrBoylan
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Not that Tesla necessarily does things like other auto-makers (thank God), but are there any examples of non-hatchback sedans that have a removable rear deck (or parcel shelf)? I haven't owned a sedan for a very long time (1985?) but on that car, the rear deck was definitely not removable, that's where I had my Jensen 16x9s!
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@Christiano92 @Inspron @Jerry22499879 won't be a hatchback, but we should be able to increase the opening width and height
Darryl
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Since Elon has said it will not be a HATCHBACK, there is still a possible that there may be a pass-through from the trunk to rear seats so you can get something thru like skis.
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Considering he said that you can fit a 7' surf board in I am sure that the seats fold down and provide a pass-through. (But it looks like it will be quite the tunnel.)
Att1cus
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I highly doubt that the parcel shelf will go away. And you would still have to have a cross support to hold up the seats unless they went with seats like the Model X. (Which they won't because of cost.) That would just be weird...
stopcrazypp
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They can have the seats be supported like in Model S where it is mostly to the side (instead of having a beam). The cross beam for the car in general can be reduced in size and scooted back to make way for a removal parcel shelf.
However, it probably won't net a whole lot more space (there is probably a limit to how far they can move it back).
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