In an electric car, the trunk is in the front, not the back. Automotive engineers refer to this part of the vehicle as the frunk, a portmanteau of front and trunk. For a while, the Jaguar company, which is based in the UK, instead called it the...
Do you have junk in your frunk? As in, the front trunk, found on cars like a zippy Tesla. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Frunk” Grant, I saw my first frunk the other day. Frunk? A frunk. Can you say that on the air? Oh, gosh, I...
cash-back car n.— «For more than a decade, Kempton has researched, lobbied, and agitated for these “cash-back cars.” His and other in-depth studies describe a future where electric-car owners plug in at malls, hardware stores, or home garages and...