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Old 12-03-2018, 12:15 PM   #796 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RedDevil View Post
And you really believe Tesla is unable to figure that out?
That they made a very complex and unnecessarily heavy wheel well because they weren't able to figure out how to do it in one piece, or just the idea never occurred to them?

Well I don't know, but maybe they made them extra heavy and sectioned for crash safety reasons.
Legacy cars have a lump of steel between the wheels, Teslas a crumple zone.
I bet guarding mud is not their only function.
1. This is the rear wheel well.
2. Musk said he fired the engineer responsible for designing that wheel well.

So no, I don't think there is a hidden benefit to the poor design.
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