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An ICE wiring harness costs more than the transmission, and I’ve only heard Tesla getting patents on significant innovations around the wiring harness component
by jp555 7y ago
An ICE wiring harness costs more than the transmission, and I’ve only heard Tesla getting patents on significant innovations around the wiring harness component. All the other EVs, (including current Teslas) use old wiring harness tech, which has evolved into quite a plate-of-spaghetti of a standard.
I’m really looking forward to see what Tesla comes up with on the Y.
- rasz 7y ago>An ICE wiring harness costs more than the transmission Where did you get that peculiar idea? :o Wire harness _replacement_ might be more expensive than transmission swap, but thats due to labor involved in pulling engine out. Average OEM SUV harness set (all, engine/entertainment etc) will cost you <$1000 from the dealer. Engine harness alone is around $200-400 for big V8 ones. OEM transmission? you are looking at $4K.
- jp555 7y agoAh that's interesting - Elon Musk was talking about the importance of cost and complexity reduction in the wiring harness, and I think in reporting that it was mentioned that the harness costs more than a transmission. Probably another example of the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. :P