A look at frunks at the Melbourne EV Show
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We dropped in to the Melbourne Electric Vehicle Show. Lots of attendees and companies showcasing their vehicles.
We were surprised at how small the frunk and sub-trunk storage is on most of the non Tesla cars.
As usual, Tesla doesn’t exhibit, leaving it to volunteers from TOCA (Telsa Owners Club, Australia) to show off their cars. The Tesla Model X seemed to have endless people, mainly kids, climbing in and out through the gull wing doors. Francis was the first person to try lying down in the Model Y. We did manage to (kinda) spot a Cybertruck.
We chatted to a few attendees considering an EV about their hesitations, which were very similar to ours, just over a year ago.
We listened to a couple of exhibitors about V2H (vehicle to home) prospects, which unfortunately doesn’t yet seem to be economically viable. We would love to at least have V2L (vehicle to load) in our Tesla, so we could plug in appliances like a hot plate. A few other EVs on show did have V2L, in the form of a simple 240V power socket.
There weren’t many accessories on show. Lucky Five Motorsport had a live demo of applying a vinyl wrap (ballpark $4500), and also had some modifications, such as spoilers and an opening sun roof.
There were a few exhaust pipes on the show floor, which I found disappointing. The Maclaren sports cars near the entrance were just plug in hybrids, still with giant fuel guzzling engines. Surely we’ve moved beyond that now.
Like the Model x people were crowding around the Kia Ev9. Byd got a look in with Sixth car rentals having one there, but I really wanted BYD to turn up, instead of having to go to a showroom.
Any Mgs, Ford, Polestar 2, LDV Ute all missing, but hopefully next year they all turn up. I'm very optimistic that next will be double in size.