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Aluminum monocoque construction has been done for production performance cars by various makes for better than twenty years now. Audi, Honda, Ferrari etc. I wo
by linksnapzz 10y ago
Aluminum monocoque construction has been done for production performance cars by various makes for better than twenty years now. Audi, Honda, Ferrari etc.
I wonder where people get this idea that 100+ years of automotive engineering know-how is somehow invalidated by powering the car w/ a battery. "Legacy" indeed.
- grandalf 10y agoWell, I'd think that in terms of the overall complexity of the device, there would be a complexity ratio of roughly: 100:10:1 for gasoline engine: suspension: everything else.
- linksnapzz 10y agoComplexity as defined as the number of discrete components, sure. Complexity as measured as engineering man-hours, I'm not so sure. The time that body engineers spend on FEA, CFD, tooling & welding design, paint & trim, finishing...even without a new engine and transmission, there's reasons why a new vehicle is a ten-figure outlay.