BMWs Carbon Fiber Could Save Tesla Model X Doors
a bit of rambling in the article, but the meat is:
Seems mostly conjecture, but hadn't seen this angle of Tesla-BMW cooperation mentioned before.
a bit of rambling in the article, but the meat is:
One of the suggestions Jonas made about a challenge Tesla could be facing with the Model X doors is their weight. The falcon wing doors’ complex design would probably result in extremely heavy doors. So what could Tesla do to fix the problem? It’s simple, really. Just use lighter material—and BMW just happens to have the perfect thing.
Until recently, Tesla’s and BMW’s partnership was believed to have been focused on developing electric vehicle technology and speeding up adoption of EVs. It seems likely that the two automakers only started discussing BMW’s carbon fiber technology recently when executives from both companies met a few months ago to talk about sharing their technologies.
It’s believed that Tesla representatives were interested in BMW’s knowledge regarding the manufacturing of carbon fiber components, while BMW wanted to know more about Tesla’s batteries and electric vehicle charging system.
Seems mostly conjecture, but hadn't seen this angle of Tesla-BMW cooperation mentioned before.