02-18-2018, 12:07 PM
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Subaru was doing the high strength steel cage 15-20 years ago. Nothing new there. I recall reading that rescue crews needed to buy special blades to cut through Impreza B-pillars.
The aluminum use is nice to see.
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02-19-2018, 11:59 AM
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hmmm interesting. wonder how well the mix will do in the eastern snow belts.
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02-19-2018, 12:11 PM
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Yes, wonder too. All those metal-to-metal contacts make me nervous.
I have a first gen Insight, and all the bolts going into aluminum have a weird greenish tinge from the specialized plating they used. But still, with northeastern cars, you are drilling out half the bolts you take out of the damn thing.
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02-20-2018, 01:36 PM
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I saw a Model 3 in person for the first time, on Saturday. It is spacious enough for my 6'-6" brother to be able to drive.
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02-20-2018, 01:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by samwichse
Yes, wonder too. All those metal-to-metal contacts make me nervous.
I have a first gen Insight, and all the bolts going into aluminum have a weird greenish tinge from the specialized plating they used. But still, with northeastern cars, you are drilling out half the bolts you take out of the damn thing.
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Three different kinds of steel, and one aluminum alloy - probably doable. |
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03-06-2018, 04:00 PM
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The Bloomberg tracker is showing an alarming downfall in the weekly production numbers... down from over 1000 a week early February to less than 600 now?
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-tesla-tracker/
And people worry: https://forums.tesla.com/forum/forum...ne-has-stopped
Even though they are leading the EV sales?
https://cleantechnica.com/2018/03/05...sales-dim-usa/
More good news at Electrec: like the dual motor all wheel drive Model 3 has been spotted in the wild:
https://electrek.co/guides/tesla-model-3/
So there may be a good reason for the production slump. Them robots have new Model 3 versions to master?
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03-07-2018, 10:04 AM
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Latest local rumor over giga way is they have tons of "easy" parts but not enough bodies to build and fit the challenging bits.
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03-07-2018, 06:34 PM
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It appears EVTV are going back to a regular Friday schedule, but of course it went up on a Wednesday. 
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03-12-2018, 09:35 AM
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February for in Model 3 output was apparently due to a pause in production to update the lines:
https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/a...-late-february
Targeting 2500/wk by the end of the month, 5k/wk by the end of June. |
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