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Originally Posted by jaaagman
This was never designed to appeal to the truck owner's market. I see it as more of an engineering exercise/halo product, and caters to the "lifestyle/baller" crowd (like the Rivian, Raptor, or TRX). I can appreciate the engineering that went into it, but that's it.
People who have actual uses for trucks were never going to buy an EV truck with a dinky truck bed in the first place for $100k USD.
I would also not want to find out what it's like to be hit by this monstrosity. I suspect the person in question will just get pulverized like the first scene in The Boys.
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The idea of moving to 48v architecture is not just saving on cabling. With 12v, you need so much more current to deliver the same amount of power. Hence, given the same amount of energy, 48v can drive much more powerful motors or whatever electrical stuff in a car's system.
The only reason the truck or even the car industry as a whole stuck with 12v architecture is not because 12v is better. In fact, I'd be impressed to find any significant advantage of 12v over 48v, maybe a smaller size, but that's it.
They stayed because no one else had the cojones to actually make the jump. Heck, the car industry didn't even begin with 12v, IIRC they had 6v or something back in the days. Only in the 50s Ford jumped to the 12v standard and that's how 12v became the way we knew. In the 90s, there was a proposal to shift to 42v, but everyone just stuck with the status quo because no one wanted to get out of their comfort zone.
Tesla is not going to use 48v on CT only. Eventually, the entire lineup would shift to 48v.
IMHO, Tesla in car is like Apple in phone, they lead the change. Ford used to lead the change as well. But as they got older, they basically hire people who can preserve what they have instead of going beyond. Same problem in any legacy carmakers.
3.5mm jack is pointless as wireless audio advances for most people. People who do need a wired connection can have an adapter, no point for a dedicated port to exist as it brings no real benefit and it's a constraint on design.
People don't know what's better if they have never been presented with an alternative. Trucker never knew what 48v system in their trucks can do for them. They stuck with 12v system because that's the only thing offered.