Price also affects affordability. I was expecting pricing to be close to what they advertised due to the advances of the 4680.
I also imagine folks were going to cash in some of their TSLA to afford such a luxury truck but TSLA is currently doing poorly and not expected to recover until a year...
CT beta, like FSD beta: you pay a premium to test tesla development projects. If you have issues with the CT you should return the vehicle using lemon laws.
I agree. There are lots of treatments available. Brake rotors are wear parts and rust is not an issue as braking cleans rust. However, on a Tesla, if driven gently it could be days or weeks where the brakes are not engaged due to regenerative braking.
Stainless steel, if scratched, will instantly oxidize the chromium preventing future oxidation. however any iron residue from the key or tool will rust. Typically, when machining SS or during forming operations you can get surface iron and this can be removed. The passivation process uses...
I specified salt bath nitriding for a Cam that was showing signs of metallic spalling due to high contact stresses. What we needed was surface hardness around RC50-60 but the SS304 was ~RC20. There was an option to machine SS440C and then heat treat the part but this would lead to distortion...
CTs are not "sold out". There are many reservation holders but until they purchase a CT there is no sale. Tesla will convert some reservations into sales early but as the CT loses its novelty people will base purchasing decisions on more practical things like price, range, quality, cost of...
As a human there are many times I anticipate human behavior including humans doing stupid things including speeding up and running red lights at nearly every intersection every day, not using turn signals, cutting corners, road rage, and distracted drivers.
Reading the road is psychology as...
Had to look that up... Thanks for the ego boost: there is something worse than my poetry!
I was thinking a rear wheel drive CT that came with road tires for urban drivers who gently, and comfortably, go from point A to B.
I have a 21 MY and it is a great car but the suspension is brutal and...
I am behind the times regarding processors etc. but I recall the voltage for computer chips being ~3 volts, same for LEDs etc. I guess there is always some DC-DC converter involved with any supply voltage.
I am curious about low voltage DC home standards as well because I really have a dislike...
I doubt there is a boat mode. I have seen this video and the top gear video and somewhere Franz and an engineer mentioned that the rear SS panels contributed ~25% to the torsional rigidity. I had guessed 10% because, with the exception of the doors the SS trim and front fenders are attached...
Wild speculation alert!!!!
There were images of a CT display with 600+ miles range. Perhaps there is some way to add auxiliary battery storage, in a trailer?
Consider how Tesla engineers ponder the larger battery problem where long range is only required rarely. It may make more sense to put...
Given the cost of the tooling and machines it would be a design requirement to use the same castings for all CTs. I also think these castings could be used for a Van. There are auxiliary castings bolted onto the rear casting for sail mount points and another for the tailgate.