Will Ford's future SUVs fly? Perhaps in a way.
but has been copied multiple times. This time it's Ford that is contemplating gullwing doors for future vehicles., a Ford patent application title"side door for a vehicle" was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office Apr. 20, 2023 after being filed in October 2021. It describes a new kind of gullwing door design, with an SUV used to illustrate it.
This asymmetric arrangement appears to be a consequence of the door's shape. The Model X has multiple hinged sections that allow its doors to open more or less straight up. Ford's version only hinges along the roof centerline, creating a clamshell shape that incorporates part of the roof into the door.One potential benefit of a gullwing door design for SUVs is a bigger opening, making it easier for passengers to get in and out.
As with all patent applications, though, there is no guarantee that this gullwing door design will reach production. If nothing else, the hardware for such a door would probably be quite complex, which could cause reliability issues. That's something Tesla found out the hard way with its setup , as did
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