Comment on Elon Musk says 'we dug our own grave' with the Cybertruck as he warns Tesla faces enormous production challenges

• NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I did say “to them”

  800v isn’t new either, others use it

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  • bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    In telecommunications at least, -48V is the standard. It will still be a massive issue but not impossible for suppliers to adapt (with delays). The biggest problem I see is the high cost associated with such low demand, unless more manufacturers start switching over.

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    • atempuser23@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      48v is in automotive as well. Most of the cable manufacturers are using PoE Ethernet. Belden has product lines devoted to this. It vastly simplifies wiring all the systems of a car together.

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    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The biggest problem I see is the high cost associated with such low demand, unless more manufacturers start switching over.

      That will be a big issue. I think the entire industry will switch, but it’s not going to be immediate.

      Once the CY is fully ramped, they’ll probably start to see some of those costs come down a little, but 250k a year pales in comparison to the whole industry using something.

      Teslas Gen 3 platform will add to that scale and help too.

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• paultimate14@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Pretty much the entire list seems like features that have existed for industrial applications.

  Which, sure, is challenging to transition to a new company and scale up to consumer levels of production and down to consumer levels of cost. But I agree everything about this truck seems iterative.

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  • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    What would you ever consider new in any vehicle if you look at it like that?

    Solid state batteries? Not new, it’s just changing the anode but a battery is a battery so it’s just an iteration.

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    • paultimate14@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      … Not much.

      I’m not really looking to the automotive industry for completely new innovation like that. If I’m going to spend tens of thousands of dollars for a car, I’m probably going to keep it for at least a decade and I value it being reliable and easy to repair. Mature technologies have a lot of advantages over new innovations there.

      I’m not the one claiming that these features are new or innovate, and I’m not the one claiming that being on the cutting-edge of technology is a good thing. Musk is.

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