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| DavidAlfa:
This explains everything. He made the definitive people-shocking machine! |
| pickle9000:
Not a fan of Musk but he certainly has good engineers at tesla. The most amazing thing is the "blow it up and go" attitude. Outside of tesla is another story. |
| schmitt trigger:
--- Quote from: mendip_discovery on December 02, 2023, 05:30:36 pm ---What is so special about it? Not got enough signal to watch a YT vid where I am at the moment. --- End quote --- I am no Elon Musk fanboy. But I do recognize that he can think outside the box, and risk failure. Drive by wire, for instance, allowing to tailor the steering ratio depending to speed. 48 volt electrical systems is another. Over 20 years ago the limitations of 12 volts with ever increasing loads was recognized. Mainstream auto makers didn’t want to commit to the change. Elon decided to implement it. |
| bdunham7:
--- Quote from: schmitt trigger on December 03, 2023, 04:41:47 am ---Over 20 years ago the limitations of 12 volts with ever increasing loads was recognized. Mainstream auto makers didn’t want to commit to the change. --- End quote --- Which is interesting because 24/28V systems have been around forever on commercial vehicles. |
| Psi:
--- Quote from: schmitt trigger on December 03, 2023, 04:41:47 am --- I am no Elon Musk fanboy. But I do recognize that he can think outside the box, and risk failure. Drive by wire,.. 48 volt electrical systems is another... Elon decided to implement it. --- End quote --- Same. Thinking outside the box, fail fast mentality, and actually getting stuff done are his strengths. Getting engineers to solve problems instead of getting managers to use engineers to solve problems. Giving engineers a working environment to do things the right way, and to spend their time on things that actually matter, rather than things that look good on a managers quarterly report. Sure, it will be overhyped and maybe it will take 3x longer than expected but that's normal when breaking new ground. |
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