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Interesting how the battery container is a stressed member of the chassis, I don't think any other manufacturer is doing that.

• natch 6y ago
  In Teslas the battery container also is structural, or a stressed member of the chassis as you put it. There are many aspects here copied from Tesla or coincidentally the same, although he conveniently leaves out mentioning that fact at any opportunity. For example the lowering of the car at speed... copied from Model S.
  • Neil44 6y ago
    Are you sure Tesla batteries are structural? They don’t look it and I haven’t heard that claimed before. Lowering at speed has been around for a long time it wasn’t invented by Tesla.
    • natch 6y ago
      To your question yes, it’s well known and has been widely covered. It’s always interesting to me that absence of knowledge of something is taken as a basis for believing that the thing is not happening. Lowering not invented by Tesla, fair point. It seems I do the same thing too.
      • Neil44 6y ago
        I feel like I know more than most people about it, I've seen Sandy Munro and Ritchie B Kidd tear them apart and talk about them, I've just googled tesla battery structural and found nothing. They are a thin metal stamping held up by a few bolts. The one in the Dyson pics looks like its built into a deep aluminium floorpan rather than being a separately cased item.
  • clouddrover 6y ago
    > For example the lowering of the car at speed... copied from Model S. Many cars have adaptive suspension. It's not unique to Tesla. Audi has taken the next step and has implemented predictive suspension: https://www.motor1.com/news/360532/audi-a8-predictive-air-suspension/ https://www.motor1.com/news/360532/audi-a8-predictive-air-su...