Model 3 Power Trunk?!

[SabrToothSqrl]

All right peeps! I did it. I bought a Model 3. With the (lack of) issues my wife's had with hers, and the rebate... I just bought the damn thing.

NOW... coming from a S and even my Tahoe having a power lift gate...

HOW do we get a power lift gate on to the 3?

I know someone's working on it... Show Me What You Got!

 

[etag]

I have to admit I am very disappointed that a car like the Model 3 does not have a power lift gate mechanism of some kind. I am very short and its not easy sometimes. Is there some kind of fix now?

 

[araxara]

This company has one for the Model S and other cars. I wonder if there is a car on there list that closely matches the Model 3?

 

[Thomas Edison]

All right peeps! I did it. I bought a Model 3. With the (lack of) issues my wife's had with hers, and the rebate... I just bought the damn thing.

NOW... coming from a S and even my Tahoe having a power lift gate...

HOW do we get a power lift gate on to the 3?

I know someone's working on it... Show Me What You Got!

If you only want it to go up on its own, all you need to do is install stronger hatch struts.

 

[Trevor B]

If you only want it to go up on its own, all you need to do is install stronger hatch struts.

Imagine that frunk accidentally opening at 70mph on the freeway ...

 

[Thomas Edison]

Imagine that frunk accidentally opening at 70mph on the freeway ...

At 70mph I’m pretty sure it would be the same with the oem hood struts.

 

[SabrToothSqrl]

I want a solution that makes the 3 trunk operate like the S did... up AND down. I know that's novel

 

[voip-ninja]

I want a solution that makes the 3 trunk operate like the S did... up AND down. I know that's novel

Wanting something doesn't make it happen. You have to think through it from an engineering perspective and think about what it would take to do it, how it could be implemented, how difficult the retrofit would be and how much it would cost.

At a minimum you are talking about installation of some kind of servo motor in the trunk that can pull the trunk down against the force of the opening struts. Is there space to install a servo motor to do this job? Who knows. Is there a way to tap power to operate it? Who knows. Let's say you somehow get a servo motor that will do the job and somehow you get it spliced into vehicle 12V power to operate it and somehow you find a way to retrofit it into the car. Now you need a way to operate it. About the only thing that would work is to have some kind of manual switch to do it, because Tesla won't be adding this to the Model 3 UI or app anytime soon for a feature they don't offer.