Tesla's Head of Vehicle Engineering discuss the Cybertrucks castings and exoskeleton. 

Great insight! 👏👏

Dick ride much?😅

the TESLA A-team.

It's not just that they value Munro, they value the communication (advertising) Munro provides. Tesla does advertise, they just don't pay for that advertising in money. They pay for it in employee hours.

And don't forget the guards in the background shooing away the Great Unwashed.

At 07:08, whoever noticed this point in the video might find it important under the repair rules, as repairing may not be possible due to the nature of it being an aluminum stamping material part. When Sandy mentioned repairs, it seemed like the Tesla engineer felt uncomfortable. Please re-watch it again. Tell me, am I completely wrong here, or is there more to the story? 😳

@@AwesomeBlackDude I think we know that these really aren't repairable, but they won't say it. lol

They're building a new manufacturing culture in US.

Talking shit listen to John c the Australian bloke

If you hit the truck hard enough to damage the casting there would be enough energy created to damage a similar built up welded assembly beyond repair. In both cases the truck would be totaled. I did see that Tesla is selling the castings for the model Y now so that they can be replaced and they also had replacement elements of the castings like the crush areas. Pretty interesting. I think the point of the castings are to bring the cost of the cars down enough that they are affordable, which is a whole new paradigm in the auto market. Much like the model T. It’s initial cost was $700 and when they quit manufacturing them 11 million units later, it was like $275. I think that kind of reduction in the cost of automobile is Tesla’s end goal.

As an engineer I really admire this guy. Elon is lucky to have Lars.

Agree, and would love Lars to take over many of the quarterly and investor presentations. He's articulate, obviously a gifted engineer and his love of the science shines through. Over the last year, Elon's name has unfortunately become too synonymous with political divisiveness. I'd love if he could somehow refocus his attention back to what got him here...pushing cutting edge tech! I'm all for freedom of speech, but its seems lately Elon is willing to potentially risk the company to prove a point. I just don't want to see Elon blow up his own mission because he thinks free speech will be lost forever. Social movements are often slow moving and tough to budge, but there's finally signs the hyper woke stuff is starting to self-correct. Disney, for example, is realizing massive financial losses as a direct result of their woke decisions, and the presidents of many Ivy League schools have pushed the woke agenda to the point they're actually loosing their jobs. I really believe we will continue to toward a more sensible, moderate middle.

@@tnelly6588 Somebody different on the quarterly call would be good. Talk of digging our own grave and PTSD didn't help anything. 3rd quarter call was like a funeral. Disney - It will be interesting to watch the court case in Florida. It's very important to Disney.

No they're not, Jesus Christ, people like you will literally believe anything won't you.

And so far ahead, they don’t worry about copying by others too soon. Same with Elon sending around 48 volt info (unless that was just to troll OEM’s)

@@johnryan6003 Oh, there's no way other car manufacturers have considered different voltages, that's way too complicated for them.... lmao. You muskrats are genuinely hilarious, how are you even smart enough to use the internet? Genuinely, I can't understand how somebody can be so mentally deficient.

@@johnryan6003the 48V document is a good and selfish move from Tesla. It is to help the industry/supply chain to pivot faster to 48V standard. More OEM using 48V leads to more suppliers offering more 48V components which make building a 48V vehicle easier.

Yes more please. I really like the river flow. These people are not doctrinaire. They learn by doing. That was the motto of Mike University which was a big-time Engineering University. “Learn by Doing”

What other car manufacturer would be this transparent with Sandy Munro?

Hi @DPCcars. Can you guys reupload that crash test comparison video from the other day to represent a like for like test? You were basically comparing a cybertruck hitting a whole ass wall to an f-150 hitting a bench.

Well, everyone is already following them down the gigacasting road. Likely, their shift to organic shapes in the castings will also be followed. Not sure about the giant stampings, that seems higher risk than the gigacasting route. And no-one will follow them down the stainless hole, its all hype and costs more than they claimed it would.

TESLA took stock Brake machines , and moded then to TESLA specs to fit their needs.

You're joking ryt?

@@TheMrgoodmanners - NOPE , true story.

I wouldn't necessarily call Sandy Munro and his team just "RU-vidrs", seeing as how Sandy is a legacy OEM veteran and he's quite literally a legacy in his own right. He's been around the block a lot longer than most of those guys he was talking to in this video, than they have each been alive. His experience is even greater than their cumulative ages, combined. Sandy knows his stuff and probably has forgotten more than most younger engineers will ever know. There is no better than an old engineer, especially one that has actually worked at almost all major OEM's around the world. Don't get me wrong, the Tesla team is breaking molds when it comes to innovation, and I envy their hands on approach to getting their hands dirty and trying new things......and if it doesn't work, try again and again until it does work.

Munro and Associates is an engineering firm that started a RU-vid channel somewhat recently. I think they take Sandy seriously because he's a serious engineer.

Note, that the revolutionary building process and the immense reduction in the number of parts has made it possible for them to sell the vehicle for ONLY 50% more than what they said at the unveiling event and removed almost any form of crumple zone (which has been a safety standard for any car since the 50s).

@@Assywalker It still has a crumple zone, it just doesn’t look like a typical one because of the exoskeleton and no gigantic engine block.

@@Assywalker Have you watched the crash tests for the Cybertruck? Why say stuff that's %100 wrong when you actually have no idea?

@@shootermcgavin3077 I did and it is really bad. That's really all that needs to be said about it. There is a reason we stopped building cars this stiff decades ago. Which is quite suprising, given how well other Tesla Models did in these tests.

@@Assywalker You are mistaken, sir. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9ll2_BDZpI4.html

Probably in the production. Video coming soon

The edges don't seem to be folded over, and I guess that's why the vehicle does not meet pedestrian protection standards to be homologated in Europe?

@@deltajohnny well, the sharp corners and weight in general are enough to do that. Apparently europeans care about not decapitating children or something.

​@@patreekotime4578 I'm sure that in the future, the US will also adopt these standards 😉

@@deltajohnny right after we ban fossil fuels and soft drinks.

I'm sure he's see the video

@@rogerstarkey5390 I wouldn't assume a busy engineer has time for that sort of thing.

Why?

Why are you even talking about this? Elon will probably stay for the next 20-30 years.

​@@themonsterunderyourbed9408he will go to Mars, to make Mars great again.

It's gonna be Tom Zhu.

​@@aalfredaalfonsoSun Zhu

Lol, go back to sleep fanboy

The crash can is integrated into bumper, as mentioned on the other video. The additional crash absorption in the casting is for the severest impacts. At that point you wouldn't want the structure repaired and back on the road anyway.

Any vehicle crash in which the crash rails are destroyed these days is almost always a complete write off. They're designed to lessen the impact felt by the driver and other occupants not save the damn car from being totaled in an accident. I seriously don't understand the ridiculous argument that crash rails make the car easier to repair, that's not the damn point of them. Low impact accidents, which almost any vehicle will survive largely intact won't lead to Tesla being totaled. Will you need to replace the crash rails? Yeah probably cause they'll get bent or broken in some way, but that's not their intended purpose.

It is flat on the exterior because they could not stamp the exterior stainless steel panels without marring the finish, so they were limited to folding them. Interior forms are curved because that is what they need to be for strength and manufacturability in the processes used in the interior (casting and stamping).

Irreparable, useless over weight nonsense

Tesla is where the innovation is happening. When did Sandy get access to the engineers like this at other companies?

Certainly would be easy to do. Just put a couple strain gauge rosettes on the hitch. The rest is an op amp, A2D converter, and some software.

Unnecessary. They have to figure out the loads inside the cabin and on the bed though indirect calculation anyways.

no need. they can compare power draw vs acceleration to calculate weight

Hitch weight is only a small factor when towing. Is it a car carrier, travel trailer, enclosed cargo? Too many variables.

No need. Range can be calculated by energy used vs speed. Simple. Now go back and reevaluate your fanboyism 😂

It's an alloy. Tesla has actual metallurgy experts.

@@snookmeister55 Do you know what an alloy is? there are aluminium alloys and steel alloys of varying metallurgy, of which it appears you know nothing about..

Nothing changed. This is not an exoskeleton, and it was never going to be.

@@brianb-p6586 it was never going to be? Bro. Just watch the first Cybertruk event. Ya nut.

Tesla does use laser welding for this vehicle, but to join the exterior folded stainless steel panels to the stamped stainless steel panels under them. See the later video "Tesla Manufacturing: See how the Cybertruck HFS Panels are Blanked, Bent, and Built!"

As fast as the roadster 2 and model 2.

Nag nag nag ,,, so much constructive thought to add to the conversation. Such clever repartee.@@TsLeng

@@mhsj Tesla bois can't handle the truth. I still remember how for years the same people were saying Tesla solar tiles gonna take off. Tesla makes decent stuff, the 3 and Y. But don't confuse anything else other than hype

The outer fender is stainless steel, there's a non-stainless inner fender under that and the wheel housing is part of the aluminum casting. If the corner is hit hard enough to damage the casting... yes, that's likely a total loss of the vehicle.

Elon's brilliance on display at events: Full Self-Drive, NEXT YEAR! (10 year anniversary of that perennial statement incoming) We can convoy trucks now and it's cheaper than rail! Starship to launch for Mars in 2022! Hyperloop isn't that hard, it's like an air hockey table! New Roadster in 2020!

Winge Winge Winge@@jessederks8458

Your take on Elon Musk is narrow and your criticism is odd. So Elon Musk is a slacker and exaggerates how long it takes to do the impossible? What a dick. Believing there's nothing you can learn from Elon Musk is extremely misguided and breathtakingly arrogant.

Well its a good thing Tesla offers their own insurance plan for drivers!

​@@jfifield20Tesla does not underwrite it... Tesla is a wrapper

Yes, any damage to one of the main castings will mean the total loss of the vehicle.

No problem!

The door frame (including both front and rear door openings) is normally one piece on modern vehicles.

Presumably a crash test to check compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 305 (FMVSS 305, ELECTRIC POWERED VEHICLES: ELECTROLYTE SPILLAGE AND ELECTRICAL SHOCK PROTECTION).