It appears that Tesla is advertising that a wrapped CT can be anything the customer wants, just provide a .jpg. Will this be a Tesla option or will any shop be able to print/cut the sections of PPF as shown?
A business would prefer a custom wrap with their logo/info.
The path of forces starts where the tires contact the ground and up into the wheel castings where the suspension mounts. Loads into the bed rest directly on the castings. From the side the frame looks like a simple truss. The SS skin (panels) on the sails appears to attach to bosses that have...
What is the speed of mechanical steering? At some latency a driver will perceive a loss of steering. Much like the servo needs of Optimus precision requires fast encoders and a dedicated control loop so human input, much slower, would not notice a lag.
ditto... also a tire repair kit because there isn't a spare.
Here in AZ I carry extra bottled water but the lifting pucks emit a nasty rubber smell that seemed to permeate the water so the frunk water is not suitable for the dogs or my wife...just me.
Ah, one of my childhood tasks! Dad would give the cabin cruiser enough speed and I would pull the drain plug. Bilge water and fumes, great memories on the great south bay.
At least I got to pilot the boat for a few minutes.
when teaching my kids and a few other people to drive I always mentioned that the challenge to driving isn't mastery of the machine but understanding the minds (or mindlessness) of diverse drivers.
It will just be a matter of weeks after level 5 deployment until there are tiktoks showing jerks...
"because the 3mm thick flat stainless panels are designed specifically to carry a significant portion of the load by making the unibody more rigid, as evidenced by the number and thickness of the attachment points"
That is the point I am making. The attachments points are few. For the trim...
The photo labeled
"G I G A F A C T O R Y T E X A S — T O O L I N G F O R C Y B E R T R U C K P R O D U C T I O N L I N E"
is not the production line for cybertruck. It is a gigapress (9k ton?).
The other photos are a pilot line in CA.
It appears to be a welded aluminum tank with a valve manifold and perhaps two push to connect fittings.
No, unless they fill it with 70 MPa (10 kpsi) H2 like a fools cell.
The sub frame (cab) appears to be painted and likely high strength steel. This would explain the need for hiring a BIW (body in white) engineer. The doors and windows attach to this subframe as well as the front and rear castings. However, there is no significant SS panels attached to the...
I Think 3mm (11ga) panels will be used. The SS on the A pillars look as if they will snap onto the subframe. The fender and bed/sail panels will be bolted on to the castings. The SS panels would need welded PEM studs or nuts to attach to the mounting bosses on the castings.
There was...