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It's a so-called wet submarine, meaning that it fills with water when submerged, so the driver has to wear a wetsuit and breathe air from a tank. (The dry passe
by 001sky 13y ago
It's a so-called wet submarine, meaning that it fills with water when submerged, so the driver has to wear a wetsuit and breathe air from a tank. (The dry passenger compartment shown in the movie was a set.) It has no steering wheel or other automobile controls and is instead controlled with levers. The fins on the outside are not retractable, but permanent.
So, the title is false. Or at best, misleading. He is going to take a james bond movie prop and get it wet. He is not going to make [the] "james bond submarine car" a reality. This is somehow increasingly typical of Tesla stories that make it on HN.
- baddox 13y agoAre you sure Musk isn't planning on massively upgrading the thing to transform and be an actual "dry submarine"? The article says that the car he bought is just a prop that doesn't even transform, but that he wants to make it transform. That sounds to me like his goal is to recreate the functionality the car had on film, including having a dry interior when submerged.
- 001sky 13y agoThe reportage is in quotes (italics). [1] [1] From wikipedia: "Musk plans to install a Tesla electric powertrain in the submarine S1 and make it transform into a road-going car. [6]" There is nothing in the story that say it would be a dry submarine. What it appears is that the <wet submarine> would be able to "transform" into a road-going car, in other words, just what wikipedia quote also says. CNN, viz: "I was disappointed to learn that it can't actually transform," Musk said in a statement provided by Tesla. "What I'm going to do is upgrade it with a Tesla electric powertrain and try to make it transform for real." But a power train is not a pressure hull(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_hull#Pressure_hull https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_hull#Pressure_hull), which is what would be required for a dry sub.
- stcredzero 13y agoThe high weight of the Tesla battery pack actually would be useful if it was to be converted to a dry submarine. (He couldn't keep the same battery pack form factor, however.)
- Sagat 13y agoCriticizing Elon Musk on HN? Not a smart move, bro.
- gcb0 13y agoyeah. the walls have ears here. Also, isn't it strange that some company PR is taking time to reply to it's CEO's shenanigans?
- marincounty 13y agoYea--I found this site's flaw. It's a huge flaw too. I'm not used to any censorship, but I guess those days are over when big money is floating around? I had no idea what Hell Banned was until I came here.