Cybertruck parked on street in residential neighborhood [9/9 pics]

[bigrin]

Totally "dope!

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[Crissa]

Solar still an option?

Who knows?

I hope so. I plan to park it where ground and roof installed solar can't go!

-Crissa

 

[anionic1]

The picture has been doctored or the design changed. The stainless strip coming down beside the windshield used to terminate at the quarter panel.

What?

 

[anionic1]

And yet, those who think it's not one never explain why, other than it's not a hollow egg.

-Crissa

Here we go again. An exoskeleton would be clearly defined as a structure that takes a majority of the load on the exterior skin of the structure with minimal internal support. We may never know what actual portion of load the stainless panels are bearing on the CT. Maybe we can petition Tesla to show us the finite analysis models that they surely performed on the structure but its unlikely. One thing is for sure, Tesla is definitely stretching the term exoskeleton. Every can could to some degree be considered an exoskeleton because the body does in fact carry some load. with a typical body on frame being on the lesser end of that scale and a full unibody being on the higher end of that scale. The CT clearly falls somewhere in the middle as the vehicle can clearly support itself without the stainless exterior. So technically the Honda Ridgeline is just as much an exoskeleton as the CT. It would be foolish for Tesla to not transfer a lot of load through the 3mm exterior skin so IMO the CT Likely does utilize the skin more than most other vehicles.

 

[PilotPete]

Here we go again. An exoskeleton would be clearly defined as a structure that takes a majority of the load on the exterior skin of the structure with minimal internal support.

I think if you eliminate the word “skin”, you are correct. We’ve beat this to death, but when compared to a current production ICE truck, the CT is far more “Exo”.

If the outer skin of the CT were a 3 piece laminate with the center being a honeycomb (as with some aircraft) we would be happy to call it an Exo, but because of the gigacasting, people poo-poo the term. To them, an Exo has to be a single piece.

I think that with the OUTER gigacastings, and the bonded skin, you can safely consider this an exoskeleton. Not everyone agrees with my view, and that’s ok. But I don’t limit the design philosophy to my single vision of what I think it should be.

 

[CyberGus]

If Elon says it's an exoskeleton, then it's a goddamn exoskeleton.

Am I just simping? No. The term "exoskeleton" is a biological one. Automotive engineers do not use the word "skeleton": endo, exo, or otherwise.

It's just a marketing term, in much the same way that "SuperCruise" does not leap tall buildings, nor does "OnStar" include any stellar objects.

 

[anionic1]

If Elon says it's an exoskeleton, then it's a goddamn exoskeleton.

Am I just simping? No. The term "exoskeleton" is a biological one. Automotive engineers do not use the word "skeleton": endo, exo, or otherwise.

It's just a marketing term, in much the same way that "SuperCruise" does not leap tall buildings, nor does "OnStar" include any stellar objects.

But the question remains. Is CyberGus cyber?

 

[CyberGus]

But the question remains. Is CyberGus cyber?

Your ions are so negative

 

[Crissa]

Here we go again. An exoskeleton would be clearly defined as a structure that...

You do realize that:

1. That's the outside of the vehicle
2. And the vehicle isn't subject to any stresses while on a cradle (first image)

I swear. You still can't describe an exoskeleton in a way that doesn't exclude crabs.

-Crissa

 

[FutureBoy]

You do realize that:

1. That's the outside of the vehicle
2. And the vehicle isn't subject to any stresses while on a cradle (first image)

I swear. You still can't describe an exoskeleton in a way that doesn't exclude crabs.

-Crissa

I’m stressed now reading the ins and outs of exoskeletons.

 

[anionic1]

You do realize that:

1. That's the outside of the vehicle
2. And the vehicle isn't subject to any stresses while on a cradle (first image)

I swear. You still can't describe an exoskeleton in a way that doesn't exclude crabs.

-Crissa

I plead the 5th and refuse to go down this rabbit hole again.

 

[CyberGus]

Sooo crabby

 

[FutureBoy]

I plead the 5th and refuse to go down this rabbit hole again.

Do rabbits and crabs share any habitat? Would they ever cross each other's path in the wild?

 

[Raebrek]

I plead the 5th and refuse to go down this rabbit hole again.

 

[CyberGus]

Do rabbits and crabs share any habitat? Would they ever cross each other's path in the wild?

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