Powered Frunk Confirmed! Video shows frunk's unpowered motor moved against its gearing

[cvalue13]

EDIT TO ADD:

Since inevitably folks will be confused.

The video shows an unpowered truck having its hood raised/lowered against resistance of the geared motor. If you’re familiar with this, it’ll be obvious. The video is for those who have to see for themselves (and, apparently, who have experience with moving an unpowered motor against its gearing).

Independent of the video, I am confirming the hood is powered.

Q&A:

Let me know when you can actually push a button, wave your leg, or use the app to open the frunk. This "power assist" doesn't really excite me. I would rather just have a non-powered frunk than this.

It’s not a powered assist. It’s that these units being transported are not powered up (that’s why we see the 12v jump starters out before they drive them).

On the way up, the guy has to do an Olympic squat to raise the hood weight against the gearing.

On the way down, it moves slowly because of the weight-assist against the gearing.

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[SlegMD]

Oh gawd it’s so slow

 

[Cybertruck 1974]

So, every video of the frunk being opened and closed is with someone using their hands to actually open and close the lid. Not a single with it on its own. Can not say it's powered...yet..... I think it has resistance on its hinges to slow the lid so it can be lined up properly when being closed as it is floppy. This video shows that. Words......

 

[rudedawg78]

Let me know when you can actually push a button, wave your leg, or use the app to open the frunk. This "power assist" doesn't really excite me. I would rather just have a non-powered frunk than this.

Edit: Hopefully they are still working on it to be fully powered, no assistance required.

 

[cvalue13]

So, every video of the frunk being opened and closed is with someone using their hands to actually open and close the lid. Not a single with it on its own. Can not say it's powered...yet..... I think it has resistance on its hinges to slow the lid so it can be lined up properly when being closed as it is floppy. This video shows that. Words......

independent of the video, I am confirming the hood is powered

the video is for those who have to see for themselves (and, apparently, who have experience with moving an unpowered motor against its gearing)

 

[Tiberius]

That seems to be more gas damped than powered.
The open certainly seemed to be more hand assisted than powered.

So many edits going on it’s hard to keep up.
I‘d love it to be true, but the realist in me is whispering that you can’t confirm anything until we either see it for real or Tesla tells us.

 

[cvalue13]

Let me know when you can actually push a button, wave your leg, or use the app to open the frunk. This "power assist" doesn't really excite me. I would rather just have a non-powered frunk than this.

it’s not a powered assist

it’s that these units being transported are not powered up (that’s why we see the 12v jump starters out before they drive them)

on the way up, the guy has to do an Olympic squat to raise the hood weight against the gearing

on the way down, it moves slowly because of the weight-assist against the gearing

 

[Cybertruck 1974]

independent of the video, I am confirming the hood is powered

the video is for those who have to see for themselves (and, apparently, who have experience with moving an unpowered motor against its gearing)

Agreed with the gas shock quote. You can't confirm unless you work on the CT or are part of its design.

 

[cvalue13]

Agreed with the gas shock quote. You can't confirm unless you work on the CT or are part of its design.

Something about horses and water…

 

[BigAl]

Something about horses and water…

I’m with you on this one…. WOW!

 

[Old Spice]

On the way up, the guy has to do an Olympic squat to raise the hood weight against the gearing.

On the way down, it moves slowly because of the weight-assist against the gearing.

Totally agree with this. There's no way Tesla has designed non-powered gas-struts frunk to be that difficult to open and close for the average owner.

The effort required by this guy to open and close the frunk looks just like how a person would look if pushing against a powered frunk/trunk on a vehicle that's off and not powered on.

 

[CyberGus]

Why does this video look like a "60 Minutes" exposé

 

[cvalue13]

Why does this video look like a "60 Minutes" exposé

just add foreground chain link and *boom* - Emmy Award

 

[wtibbit]

That seems to be more gas damped than powered.
The open certainly seemed to be more hand assisted than powered.

So many edits going on it’s hard to keep up.
I‘d love it to be true, but the realist in me is whispering that you can’t confirm anything until we either see it for real or Tesla tells us.

Gas damped? Gas struts aren't dampers, they're gas springs. Anyone who has replaced a gas strut on a hood or trunk lid has noticed this. While they can have some degree of dampening, a lid supported by gas struts that aren't worn out will be much easier to lift than to lower. In the video the worker has to work harder to lift the lid than to lower it. cvalue13 is right...

I wish he was wrong, though. A pair of gas struts is far easier and cheaper to replace than a lift motor.

 

[Gurule92]

Okay so I just went out to my Y and moved the hatch around without power.

Checks out

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