Front Hinged Hood

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Someone mentioned to incorporate the Scout's unique hood style, which we all love. Most EV trucks made use the old engine bay for a storage space. I personally love the ones that have incorporated a built in cooler (might even throw out the idea of speakers and/or TV for tailgating). Question becomes how do you make the design of a front hinge hood and the access to the front storage area work?

Throwing this out there for ideas/replies from the Scout community to build on.
 
I'd like a little ICE to generate power to the batteries.
 
Someone mentioned to incorporate the Scout's unique hood style, which we all love. Most EV trucks made use the old engine bay for a storage space. I personally love the ones that have incorporated a built in cooler (might even throw out the idea of speakers and/or TV for tailgating). Question becomes how do you make the design of a front hinge hood and the access to the front storage area work?

Throwing this out there for ideas/replies from the Scout community to build on.
The 80/800 has a rear-hinged hood... no reason to add an obstacle to a cargo area. I couldn't imagine lifting a heavy bag over a high front fender & through the triangle formed with the open hood.

I always found the front-hinged hoods on our Terra and 79 Scout II to be rather a pain in the ass when trying to climb into the engine bay.
 
The 80/800 has a rear-hinged hood... no reason to add an obstacle to a cargo area. I couldn't imagine lifting a heavy bag over a high front fender & through the triangle formed with the open hood.

I always found the front-hinged hoods on our Terra and 79 Scout II to be rather a pain in the ass when trying to climb into the engine bay.
Agree, just seems like a good way to scratch something up trying to load heavy crap into the storage area.
 
Lets hope they add a "frunk" at all. The european EVs haven't seemed to really embrace under the hood as a storage area as much as say Ford or Tesla.

ID 4 vs Mach E for example:

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I do not think the front hinged hood will work for the new Scout. I agree that it needs a frunk and that necessitates rear hinges.
 
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Rear hinged for proper and more useful frunk. I see these is not a lot of love for Ford in this forum, but they got the Frunk right. Rivian... not so much.
 
As a height-challenged person, I've got to agree with the Lightning's frunk access being, well, accessible compared to most.
 
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Rear hinged for proper and more useful frunk. I see these is not a lot of love for Ford in this forum, but they got the Frunk right. Rivian... not so much.
There's a half-dozen or so Lightnings (and a few electric Transit vans) working with a couple nearby vineyards near where I live, I see them every now and then. It's surprising to see one accelerate so quickly and quietly. Not expected from a truck until I saw the light bar across the front. Ford's leapt head-first into the Ag side of BEV use... something the Scout team could take to heart. There's a lot of demand for small, utilitarian contractor vehicles, both fleet and independent where I live, and many don't drive more than a hundred miles a day. I see old Rangers and Yodas everywhere that independent contractors have kept alive for decades, because there's nothing in the size range to replace them... the hilly forested roads can be a real PITA to access in a full-size pickup. If you crew a commercial fishing boat, waterfronts are a tight-squeeze too... I've experienced parking at Fisherman's Wharf (SF) in both a RAM 2500 and old Ford Ranger. Not fun in either, but the ranger was a much better option.

It would be a kick in the pants if Scout could pair with the U.S. Parks Dept. & offer fleet vehicles and chargers kitted out for the different needs at each individual National Park, and offer those builds to customers. A "Voyageurs Edition" with brush guards & Winter Package... or "Yosemite" with better rock-crawling ability, etc.
 
It would be a kick in the pants if Scout could pair with the U.S. Parks Dept. & offer fleet vehicles and chargers kitted out for the different needs at each individual National Park, and offer those builds to customers. A "Voyageurs Edition" with brush guards & Winter Package... or "Yosemite" with better rock-crawling ability, etc.
A great idea.