Modern crossovers, as they are designed, have a very high hinged tailgate that creates a wide opening often not exploitable properly. How many times have it happened to you that you have not been able to open the trunk with the car parked on the street? The cause is due to the design of the tailgate itself and to its structure. Hyundai aims to solve this problem by introducing a new design that involves the use of a sliding system; unearthed by CarBuzz, the new patent filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) highlights that this system could arrive on cars such as Hyundai Ioniq 5, Tucson, Santa Fe and Palisade. Instead of pivoting and opening upward, the tailgate will essentially mimic the sliding door of a minivan and slide onto the roof of the crossover or SUV.
At the moment the mechanism devised by Hyundai is not yet clear and we do not know when and if it will actually see the light; it is, in effect, a curious engineering system that could facilitate access to the trunk in some particular scenarios. Our hope is that an opening system of this type will not further burden the car and therefore will not add too much weight to the already heavy battery solutions. Hyundai expects this system to be of particular use in RVs and SUVs, where practicality can be a key factor. Of course there are some limitations, the main one is height; by opening the hatch on top of the roof, parking lots or garages could be invalidating on some specific occasions.
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