Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota and VW

Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by pmorici on Monday February 17, 2020 @10:51AM (#22348493)

False, you cannot buy a Model 3, or any Tesla for that matter that doesn't have leather. There was a planed cloth seat for the model 3 but they scrapped that.

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Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by ilikehurdles on Monday February 17, 2020 @12:24PM (#22349105)

Is it real animal skin? As someone who opts out of leather interiors in cars, and knowing that Tesla sells well to the SV crowd, I'm surprised that there'd be no way to buy a tesla without killing some cattle.

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Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by shakestheclown on Monday February 17, 2020 @12:49PM (#22349237)

3 and Y are vegan leather. The others had a cloth option, but for the new ones the leather will be vegan.

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Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by deadbunny on Monday February 17, 2020 @05:17PM (#22351404)

"vegan leather"

So, plastic.

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Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by Kirby64 on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @12:14PM (#22357665)

Yes, polyurethane, which according to testing, performs better than real leather in the rubbing/scratching tests. Durability in general is superior on actual 'premium' leatherette/vegan leather offerings.

Sure, you can make crap leatherette material that is way too hot and sticky and feels like cheap vinyl, but that's not what this is.

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Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by tromp on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @07:07AM (#22355335)

Hopefully more like "I can't believe it's not leather".

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