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Originally Posted by aerohead
Just a look at the renderings is enough to guestimate the build cost,on a dollars/lb basis.
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The sketch was a Tesla Semi, turned into a straight truck, with a F150 in the bed. It was a joke.
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Originally Posted by aerohead
Your car was built inside a computer before any tooling was made,or an assembly line constructed.
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. I’m well aware. I work for a manufacturer (In the plant for a new model launch today)
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All the automakers bought a Tesla and tore it apart to see what made it tick,and how to do end runs around patents.Design,tooling,and manufacture is reverse-engineered from the autopsy..
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I know. My company did exactly that and I have full access to the report. However, tearing down a Tesla sedan is not much help for benchmarking a truck.
No established automaker is copying Tesla’s design, they are doing their own design, incorporating decades of high volume assembly knowledge that Tesla doesn’t have. The battery is an excellent example. Nobody is copying Tesla’s glued together non-serviceable battery design.