Something Changed at Tesla

Re:Something Changed at Tesla by londons_explore on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @09:21PM (#21654135)

When curves are made on a computer, and CNC cut into a steel press that can make a door in 8 seconds, they turn out very cheap. In fact, curves are much stronger than flat panels for the same weight/cost, which is a big reason for exterior curves in some cars which are also structural.

From that perspective, I think the flat angular design used is for style only, and has no engineering basis.

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Re:Something Changed at Tesla by ChickeNES on Thursday November 28, 2019 @12:38AM (#21654854)

I don't understand why people keep speculating about this when it's already been covered by the press and Elon himself:

https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-electric-pi...

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1198700591465156608

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Re:Something Changed at Tesla by imtringued on Thursday November 28, 2019 @07:16AM (#21656679)

The design of the body panels still requires a hydraulic press to form the parts. The only money that can be saved is with cheaper dies but that only matters for low production volumes. Breaking a stamping press sounds like incompetence to me. They have near infinite scalability. Just build a bigger one.

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Re:Something Changed at Tesla by defterGoose on Thursday November 28, 2019 @12:14AM (#21654759)

Yep. The lack of curves will also make it near impossible to blend any dent/paint repair that it might need down the road.

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