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Sure, they use the 48v mild hybrid system to act like the ICE when the ice is not running to power some things that would be on the serpentine belt and need to
by grecy 3y ago
Sure, they use the 48v mild hybrid system to act like the ICE when the ice is not running to power some things that would be on the serpentine belt and need to keep spinning when the ICE is off. It's a slightly more fancy engine start/stop system.
> the tech exists within car companies
Of course. Elon said very clearly in the sandy munroe interview the move to 48v everything is nothing revolutionary, its just bringing vehicle wiring into the 21st century. Anyone could have done it, they just have not been able to pull it off before now.
> They have a 12v only model that shares parts and they apparently didn’t want to move everything to 48.
They couldn't move everything to 48v because their suppliers dictate what they can do, and that prevented them.