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Tesla is using a proprietary alloy to make this part be strong enough and cost effective to do.
by avernon 6y ago
Tesla is using a proprietary alloy to make this part be strong enough and cost effective to do.
- apendleton 6y agoNeat. Do you have a link with more info about this? I guess I'm curious if they needed to switch alloys when they switched from stamping to casting, and if so, how the properties of the new material differ from the properties of the old one.
- avernon 6y agohttps://electrek.co/2020/02/07/tesla-aluminum-alloys-die-casting-in-electric-car-parts/ https://electrek.co/2020/02/07/tesla-aluminum-alloys-die-cas...
- mcot2 6y agohttps://electrek.co/2020/02/07/tesla-aluminum-alloys-die-casting-in-electric-car-parts/ https://electrek.co/2020/02/07/tesla-aluminum-alloys-die-cas... Tesla and SpaceX share a few employees in this space actually.
- gamblor956 6y agoApple’s alloy expert Charles Kuehmann So the guy who led the materials research that resulted in the infamous bending iPhone is Tesla's chief scientist on this project? Not promising, though on the other hand cars are supposed to bend and flex in the event of an accident...