He didn't add that much to the original video this time but the Munro teardowns are fantastic and I can't believe they are posted for free. Sandy is awesome.
People who don't know should check out the rest of the channel.
They will very likely have some casting in the Semi but unlike these cars the Semi will be a Body on Frame design so these structures will be less load baring then they are in cars.
The Cybertruck will use it for the back-end but the structure will be in the exo-skelloton.
Very, very unlikely. Technologies like that don't just show up in mass production vehicles like that. Tesla want to make 1 million of those a year.
Cybertruck is already quite full of new tech. The Cell-To-Pack structural pack will still be very new. Exo-skelleton and stainless steal is totally unique (Delorian was just stainless panels). Cybertruck will have the upgraded package for 'self driving' meaning new cameras, new chips and so on. It will also have the famous security windows.
What we are not yet sure about is if it will include a higher Voltage for the internal electronics putting power and data on the same cable across the car. Tesla has been wanting to do that for quite a while.
Eco-skeleton is a unibody, no question about that. But that doesn't make it 'marketing'.
Interior unibody was just always assumed because in cars (unlike planes) nobody ever did exo.
And its not a marketing features as it has a number of real advantages. Part reduction being one and smaller easier bodyshop. Not needing any paint anymore (a modern Painshop cost 500M).
> Not sure what you mean by power and data on the same lines, sounds like a horrible plan.
Well we have this things called Ethernet and PoE. Works pretty well for me.
> Well we have this things called Ethernet and PoE. Works pretty well for me
maybe I’m just being nit picky, but Poe isn’t power over the same data lines, it a separate set of wires in the same insulation jacket carrying power. I don’t see Tesla switching away from CAN to flex ray or something custom.
speculation: tesla pivots and makes a semi-trailer-compatible variant of cybertruck
tri-motor can probably haul a 53 foot trailer right?
edit: from a brief googling, appears max tow capacity of tri-motor is approx 14,000 lbs, competitive with a F-350 dually; dry weight of 53 foot trailer happens to be around the same, sounds heavy to me but what do I know
Still, could be good for ~20 footers, nothing to sneeze at
The way Elon tell the story, Tesla approached several companies about designing the gigapress. One company said “maybe” and the rest said no, and thus the gigapress was born. So it’s not just that they bought it, but they had some hand in its creation.
He was very negative on Tesla at first, then observed their improvements first hand and realized they were rapidly improving and were willing to throw old things out no matter the investment.
It was only at that point 1-2 years after he started making Tesla content that he bought shares.
He is not delusional enough to think that he himself moves the stock price. If he thought Tesla was falling behind or stopped improving he would simply sell the stock (at lots of profit) and tell people that Tesla is going in the wrong direction.
I got the sense that Sandy was being polite, i.e. focusing on any positive things rather than pointing out any understandable flaws you’d expect from a semi-amateur garage build.
