Comment by j4k0bfr
2 days ago
It's only incredible engineering once it performs in the hands of buyers. It's an incredible demo until then.
2 days ago
It's only incredible engineering once it performs in the hands of buyers. It's an incredible demo until then.
I thought it was less of a demo and more like perfromance art?
They still had to engineer the demo unit.
Which may have been tailored for the demo - for example, put a very small battery pack in there, so that the weight is much lower than the weight of the actual car would be - it only needs to drive a few meters, doesn't it?
Based on the record of Musk & co straight out LYING in such events (remember Solarcity?), I am very confident in saying that a large portion of what they demonstrated they have not actually solved how to fit in a real production car.
There is no amount of evidence that will ever change the minds of some of these posters.
They could be in the unit when its happening and there would still be some counterclaim.
Tesla did it to themselves. They have a long history of claiming stuff and never actually delivering. Or delivering a washed down version that never makes commercial difference.
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Once WhistlingDiesel posts a stress test of the thrusters, I'll believe they're legit
How many Cybertruck claims were true at launch?
It's not like demos are bereft of engineering. It's still incredible engineering even if they never ship a single car.
Unfortunately, it's impossible for us to verify what parts of the demo are 'realistic'. Did they use assisting technologies (e.g. a wire rig)? Is anything repeatable, or are the components one-and-done?
The software industry has taught me how sneaky a demo can be ;). That's without considering Tesla's history of bonkers claims and sus demos (anyone else remember the bulletproof windows?).
Edit: Removed a rhetorical question about the demo. Apparently there was a live audience, so they couldn't have just made a very tiny Roadster haha.
I'd really like to understand how you think a wire rig could support the flipping in mid air and stuff; that would be some great engineering. How do you imagine that would work?
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I wouldn't say the bulletproof window demo was "sus" - that was just a Windows-crashing-during-the-demo screwup. They didn't fake the stress test on stage :)
Yeah, they literally said they had a live audience to address the criticism that these videos would've been AI generated.
There was no wire rig either as there's nothing above the car...