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I think it's interesting that they decided to go with TDMA communication protocol rather than normal ethernet packets and a grand master time keeper. To use a common analogy, ethernet protocol is like cars getting on a freeway; all devices just shoot their packets onto the wire with directions...

Gimili's gonna bust his axe trying to break the Cybertruck.

Looks cool and I can't wait to see how quickly development progresses, but I can't help but chuckle that all these robots walk like they shit themselves.

Yeah, that looks wacky. I think it's a combination of wide angle lens on the camera and close to ground perspective. At first it looked like the camera was displaying a completely different location since you can't see the building in the recording camera perspective. Looking closer at the...

I've watched enough of Matt's Off Road Recovery to know that no OEM truck is truly off-road capable. Also, even modified vehicles can get stuck and require recovery.

Mostly tongue-in-cheek comment on how they would like to be able to comment about the software aspects, but passed me over because I didn't have what they wanted at the time. I'm not sure they could match my current pay grade since I would be moving from software engineering to reverse...

Probably just the perspective since the camera is so much closer to the ground. I was driving around with my rear camera on today and noticed how much farther vehicles behind me appear on the camera vs real life. I wonder if this will be the same with the Cybertruck rear camera or if they have...

When you listen to him talk, you can see him perk up when it comes to manufacturing processes and mechanical engineering topics, but he directly states that he doesn't know the software side of things, and by extension, probably doesn't know much about the new gigabit ethernet architecture. I...

Just saw a new video that shows some footage of the view of the front camera while driving at slow speeds. Noticed there were pathing lines, similar to those shown while in reverse. Since the camera is right of center, the path lines as shown skewed as well. Pretty useful feature.

Yeah, this is the information we need to nerd out on. Great information on the new bus architecture. Here's what I gathered: 1. Ring configuration that uses Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) to create deterministic signals and avoid collisions or packet dropping. The Automotive Ethernet...

Here's a site that goes into a little detail about a ring type topography for an automotive ethernet zonal implementation rather than an star-of-stars topography. IEEE automotive ethernet is using ethernet protocol and not token ring. Each device on the network will have a MAC address...

Huh. You think it's enough to see the ball hitch when lining up to hook up a trailer?

Automotive ethernet, like the computer networks we're more familiar with, is still a point to point protocol. There are a few ways automotive ethernet architecture can be implemented. If what Munro is accurate, Tesla is implementing a type of ring network. So you'll have the Central Control...

I haven't had a major chip or crack in my Model X windshield in the 7 years I've owned it and I live a few miles south of an active gravel pit. I do have lots of tiny sandblasted chips though. Also, the early Model X windshields also had an issue with ghosting headlights from oncoming...

Yeah, I remember seeing that video too but I can't find it now. The flipping between views was really quick, swiping up and down. If the rear camera will be our primary view of the back, I hope they have dynamic ISO and maybe increase the HW resolution. I drive very situationally aware and...

Airflow off the back of my Model X makes the back of the car dirty before everything else so I'm hoping the little cowl on the Cybertruck camera helps mitigate that. I do wonder about that driving rear view. It looks like the view is more straight out the back of the truck while all other...

Do cameras, especially the rear one, have auto ISO/exposure adjustment for night time driving? Will the view be obscured when someone blasts the camera with high beams?

I could see how test drives might be a concern, if it takes drivers any length of time to become accustomed to the SbW turn ratio. Valet mode has decreased acceleration and limited top speed, but even that could be potentially dangerous if someone isn't used to how lively the truck can turn.

I think the people with the lower VINs are, in general, rich people with connections and not particularly EV or Tesla fanatics. Being such, I doubt we'll hear much from them other than the odd social media post. Interesting story: a few years back I was at my local Tesla service center...

I think it's a little more than increasing the bus speeds to 1Gb. CAN communications are limited to 500kbps and CAN-FD is limited to (up to) 5Mbps. Moving to 1Gbps ethernet is also implying a redesign of the vehicle network architecture, that I don't think has really been broached yet. As stated...