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Re:Drone footage of Tesla factory by panick21_ on Sunday April 10, 2022 @05:06AM (#30975501)
Eco-skeleton is a unibody, no question about that. But that doesn't make it 'marketing'.

Interior unibody was just always assumed because in cars (unlike planes) nobody ever did exo.

And its not a marketing features as it has a number of real advantages. Part reduction being one and smaller easier bodyshop. Not needing any paint anymore (a modern Painshop cost 500M).

> Not sure what you mean by power and data on the same lines, sounds like a horrible plan.

Well we have this things called Ethernet and PoE. Works pretty well for me.

Re:Drone footage of Tesla factory by trainsarebetter on Sunday April 10, 2022 @10:19AM (#30977101)
the stainless yes, no paint shop.

> Well we have this things called Ethernet and PoE. Works pretty well for me

maybe I’m just being nit picky, but Poe isn’t power over the same data lines, it a separate set of wires in the same insulation jacket carrying power. I don’t see Tesla switching away from CAN to flex ray or something custom.

Re:Drone footage of Tesla factory by panick21_ on Sunday April 10, 2022 @11:54AM (#30978249)
Fair point. But Musk actually said he wanted Ethernet at one point. Or maybe he said something like it, I don't remember.
Re:Drone footage of Tesla factory by lolc on Sunday April 10, 2022 @06:02PM (#30982160)
PoE can run data and power on the same pair. Gigabit-PoE doesn't have spare pairs anyway.