Collection Of Pics From The 4/22 Nashville Showing Of P4

[Craig]

Anyone else catch the high tech use of the dry wall screws?

 

[goofyone]

In the under the hood picture you can see a "power inverter". I wonder what that does?

There is a youtube video somewhere where they mentioned the power inverter but I don't remember what they were powering with it. On this prototype I just ignore anything under the hood as none of that is destined for production.

 

[Zipper]

Doors, Hatches, and such-
As for the rear hatch, some angles are deceiving. Here it looks larger than it actually is-

This angle gives a much better perspective of how small the opening is between the raised hatch and the body-

The actual trunk is the size of a mid to small gym bag, though squishing I could probably fit my stuffed "3-day assault pack" but certainly nothing larger. It is less than 12" tall at the back end and around 16"-18"wide judging by the flyer's size.(wish I had taken a small tape measure!)

I'm hopeful that the hinges and 'prop' will be different on the production version. It seems to me that with the addition of a pressurized cylinder the trunk lid could be designed to stay open without the need to use both hands while setting the prop. I don't recall how far the trunk lid opens before it hits the hinge/body limits. I'll have to ask that question in Birmingham in a couple of weeks. Also, Is that a stack of bumper stickers in the trunk?

 

[KN16]

There is a youtube video somewhere where they mentioned the power inverter but I don't remember what they were powering with it. On this prototype I just ignore anything under the hood as none of that is destined for production.

Besides the obvious non-prototypical engine that battery is 3X the size it needs to be.

 

[ecdriver711]

Great photos.

 

[lafrisbee]

is that an image of Jesus in the paint?

 

[KN16]

I'm hopeful that the hinges and 'prop' will be different on the production version. It seems to me that with the addition of a pressurized cylinder the trunk lid could be designed to stay open without the need to use both hands while setting the prop. I don't recall how far the trunk lid opens before it hits the hinge/body limits. I'll have to ask that question in Birmingham in a couple of weeks. Also, Is that a stack of bumper stickers in the trunk?

The prop would be an effective way of keeping the cost down. It would be easy to add a pressurized cylinder after the fact if you weren't happy with the prop.

 

[Zipper]

Agreed. Hopefully there's enough clearance in that area and sufficient structure to allow the installation of mounting brackets.

 

[Ty]

It would be nice if it opened a bit further regardless of how it is held up.

 

[Zipper]

It would be nice if it opened a bit further regardless of how it is held up.

IIRC, it opens quite a bit further, but the prop length is limited by available space to store it.