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I suspect that it should be cheaper to make as well... very few curves make for easy to make panels. Not a lot of investment needed to manufacture these things.
by senectus1 7y ago
I suspect that it should be cheaper to make as well... very few curves make for easy to make panels. Not a lot of investment needed to manufacture these things.
- londons_explore 7y agoWhen 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.
- defterGoose 7y agoYep. The lack of curves will also make it near impossible to blend any dent/paint repair that it might need down the road.
- ChickeNES 7y agoI 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-pickup-engineering-manufacturing/ https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-electric-pi... https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1198700591465156608 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1198700591465156608
- imtringued 7y agoThe 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.