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The article mentions that Tesla stripped out some mass from the car which resulted in longer range, but would doing so change its stability to the point where i
by tjchear 6y ago
The article mentions that Tesla stripped out some mass from the car which resulted in longer range, but would doing so change its stability to the point where its safety rating needs to be reassessed, or is there a margin of tolerance?
- PEJOE 6y agoDepends how the weight reduction was achieved. You can often remove weight and make a structure stronger at the same time by changing the load paths or materials. Furthermore, removal of material not in the crash structure would likely not impact impact performance. (e.g. drive train mass)
- m463 6y agoI was at a tesla store talking about a used tesla and asked "If I buy the car, can you remove the badges?" and the tesla guy said "We cannot do that. We cannot remove anything that was there where it was crash tested." (I think it was an excuse, but... wat?)