This galvanic corrosion thing got me thinking… can someone explain the mechanism here?
Careful not to conflate body-on-frame == exoskeleton-on-platform.
IDK what to expect exiting GigaAUSTIN. First principles, car motors would be a shocker, car platform a stunner and if exoskeleton is no longer structural, that’s a showstopper.
All running gear are attached to the structural battery castings which are then mechanically integrated to the exoskeleton framework. This becomes one structural assembly fully integrated with shock towers landing at its terminus end supports.
I’m not sure you can say this unequivocally.
I said this is speculation. We will know it if the wheel castings and batteries become a single structure, as my photo shows, or if the castings are separately connected to the exoskeleton as separate components.
You are likely right. Just a bit of random thought experiment.
He doesn’t always over promise on timelines. He was way off in the other direction when the Model Y came out. I am sure that you are referring to the many times he ‘has’ been wildly off, but to say ‘always’ isn’t correct.
If the weight and size are on the same order as the old F150, even with the battery pack, it is hard to follow your argument that the exoskeleton is adding weight. It would actually follow that it is reducing weight.
it is adding weight if you don’t need it as the main structural support when you have a structural battery connected to the wheel casting acting as a frame.
And what do you suspect they were originally planning on doing for the front and rear that would differ in more than complexity? I cannot see your argument holding water.
The front and rear suspension was never a structural member until the 8 Gig press came along.
And you know this how? The M3/MY designs both use front and rear housings (but with different numbers of parts) and both connected to the battery. The CT was probably designed along the same reasoning but beefed up. Do I ‘know’ this? No, I don’t. But you don’t either.
Huh? A front or rear housing need not be a casting, let alone a single piece, to be structural.
i’ll repeat for the third time. I don’t know! But why else would they buy an 8 Gig press for large casting and make the battery structural? It is only logical….at least to me, to use the same concept as is being used on model Y.
It becomes a battery, yes. But what you want is for the electrons not to transfer - so you have to add energy back into the system.
It is obvious you have little clue about the strength required of a truck capable of carrying an additional 3500 lbs. of payload. Of course the stainless exoskeleton is required for the necessary strength and rigidity. A skateboard of the type envisioned is just one part of the equation and not even close to what is required for a truck of this capability. It's flat, it requires the triangular shape and the depth in the Y dimension to achieve the required strength.
