“Ford reintroduced its fabled F-150 Lightning truck on Wednesday after a two-decade hiatus — this time, with a powerful twist.”(Cole 2021)
That twist being that it is an EV and has a frunk. This is also an example from another lit review of bringing back old models to gain more hype and bring out an already existing community.
“Because there’s no internal-combustion power plant slung between the front fenders, engineers have been able to convert this space into a very useful, lockable, shockingly large weather-tight storage area. The Lightning’s front trunk, or Mega Power Frunk in Ford’s amusing parlance, can support 400 pounds and clocks in at 400 liters (about 14 cubic feet).”. (Cole 2021)
“This looks to be an ideal place to store messy or dirty items, the Lightning’s Mega Power Frunk is washable and has drain outlets, so hosing it out shouldn’t be a problem if your hiking boots leave mud streaks everywhere.” (Cole 2021)
These are some great features to be included in frunks. I think that it would be super nice to have an easy spot to put messy things that you don’t have to worry about. This makes me think of other ways to deal with dirty things in the frunk.
“Access to this space is super easy, too. You can open the frunk six ways — from the key fob to a grille-mounted button to the exterior keypad, just to name a few. Accommodating owners of different heights and the garages they may park in, the hood (Is it still a hood?) height is adjustable so you don’t smack the thing on a low ceiling, which is a thoughtful touch.” (Cole 2021)
This is a great point that I wanted to look into for my design, which were ways to making opening the hood easier, since I get really annoyed with opening my hood and even the back hatch. I really like the idea of how open it is in the front, bringing the grill with the hood when it opens to allow easier access instead of reaching over the grill. This frunk is definitely big and strong enough with enough features to be a talking matter at the job sight, where you can load up just as much as someone can fit in their trunk but on your frunk, and then you can hose it down after so you can show it off again and not worry about it being messy.
References:
Bill Brown Ford. (March 2, 2023). The Inspiration Behind The Ford F-150 Lightning Frun. billbrownford.net. https://www.billbrownford.net/ford-f-150-lightning/the-inspiration-behind-the-ford-f-150-lightning-frunk/
Cole, C. (2021, May 20). Ford’s F-150 Lightning electric truck has a big mother frunk. CNET. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/ford-f-150-lightning-electric-truck-mega-power-frunk-front-trunk/Copy to clipboard
