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Now we have MOSFETS and IGBTs that can switch DC without sparks. I suspect most DC switching in the Cybertruck is relayed through these. (Except the main contac
by dreamcompiler 3y ago
Now we have MOSFETS and IGBTs that can switch DC without sparks. I suspect most DC switching in the Cybertruck is relayed through these. (Except the main contactor and pyro fuse of course.)
- myself248 3y agoAnd the contactor is usually switched with no current through it. The only time it would open under load is in an emergency, and presumably it only does that once. Which is to say, yeah, it's a non-issue for pretty much everything. Even in the 12v realm, new BCMs have so few relays anymore, almost everything's done with onboard FETs and software.
- elihu 3y agoAnd given that this is a Tesla, it wouldn't really have had many mechanical switches in the first place. Maybe the turn indicator? Which could happily run at 5 volts or something and blink the lights via CAN bus messages.
- Kirby64 3y agoNone, unless you count the physical buttons as 'mechanical switches'. The turn signals on a Tesla don't even make the 'clicking' noise if the Infotainment is rebooting, because it's literally just a noise piped through the infotainment.