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The bulk of copper used in cars is for wiring everything up, not motors or batteries.
by alar44 4y ago
The bulk of copper used in cars is for wiring everything up, not motors or batteries.
- phpisthebest 4y agoThat is true for ICE.. an Electric Motor uses a lot of copper
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoTesla has a patent on replacing lots of individual power and control wires with a single smarter wire carrying both for multiple components. They were talking about it for the model Y and it was suppossed to reduce 1.5km of wire down to 100m but I dont think it's hit production vehicles yet. They mostly talked about lighter weight and easier robot install, but should be cheaper and use less copper too if that actually becomes an issue.