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No hard evidence for it, but it did make me think. (I don't think this applies to Tesla)
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Only on the cybertruck, the Y and 3 are still mostly 12v
I wonder why all electric cars aren’t designed from the start to use 48v.
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To the contrary, the fact that this is a physical recall is perhaps the most interesting and noteworthy thing about it.
Are you hodling TSLA and concerned about the costs? I could see that being interesting...
As Musk would say - if 10% of your rockets (cars) do not blow up (are not recalled), it means you made them too robust.
Interesting timing on this considering the earnings call coming up
Yeah, typically when you have bad news you want to get it all out at once. I know nothing about Tesla.
Is this the kind of battery power loss that prevents you from opening the doors and can trap you in a burning/sinking Tesla?
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Only on the cybertruck, the Y and 3 are still mostly 12v
I wonder why all electric cars aren’t designed from the start to use 48v.
I have to wonder if this ever happened with the 6v to 12v transition somewhere in the 50's-60's
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I wonder why all electric cars aren’t designed from the start to use 48v.
Component availability mostly, the entire automotive world is designed for 12v systems.
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Curious how it worked, I found https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/model3/en_us/GUID-A7A60DC... > At the bottom of the rear door pocket, there is a slot in front of the release cover. Slide your finger into the slot and lift to remove the cover. Pull the mechanical release cable forward. I wonder how people are supposed to be able to find that when in an emergency sitting in the backseat of someone else's car.
They're in even worse luck if they are in any number of cars that have rear-seat "child safety" locks that prevent opening the door from the inside. There's no way to bypass that except from outside the car.
The manual bypass for the driver and passenger seat is much easier to find than the one in the rear. Too bad the driver can't help rescue everyone else, because the door handles are electric.
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I wonder why all electric cars aren’t designed from the start to use 48v.
Because all of the IC's that are attached to the battery are designed for 12V. Things like solid state relays (BTS7008 for exammple) and the 5/3.3 volt regulators.