A simple trackplate.Heavy.Efficient.Proven.
Everything will bounce off this.
Better than Aluminium:
Everything will bounce off this.
Better than Aluminium:
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The impact energy must be absorbed by a dedicated crash structure to avoid damage to vital car parts.
Battleship Bismarck had the strongest armor ever and was sunk on her maiden voyage. Took a hit at the wrong spot.
... so it is necessary to make a cost-benefit analysis. It is almost certainly cheaper to replace the battery packs damaged by road debris than to modify the battery pack with a more sturdy armor plate - something that will affect handling, range, cost, etc.
Its a good thing you aren't designing EV's, although you would probably be good at designing tanks.A simple trackplate.Heavy.Efficient.Proven.
Everything will bounce off this.
Better than Aluminium:
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A simple trackplate.Heavy.Efficient.Proven.
Everything will bounce off this.
Better than Aluminium:
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1)It's only a pile of rust if it's made of a ferrous material.Why are we even discussing this?
Armor plate is a pile of rust.
Our cars are perfectly safe. You're just compounding a non-issue by adding fuel to the "f1r3" so to speak.
Why are we even discussing this?
Armor plate is a pile of rust.
Our cars are perfectly safe. You're just compounding a non-issue by adding fuel to the "f1r3" so to speak.
For those taking the armor idea seriously, there is a higher level perspective and analysis to be done first. If road debris impact fires continue at the current rate (and this last month may have been a transient blip) then 1 out of 10,000 Model Ss might burn a year. Since drivers are remaining safe, only cost and environmental impact need be considered and armoring every Tesla likely far exceeds the cost of replacing a couple cars a year. Just consider the additional energy use of adding 5% to the car's weight multiplied by the millions of miles being driven.
To be clear, I for one don't not want any weight added to my Tesla. I'd much rather get a new one (now under warrantee) than suffer the performance and efficiency degradation of armoring up for an extremely rare event.
An ICE car may or may not have burned from hitting those same debris, but no matter what I doubt they'd be drivable without an oilpan or differential cover so this is not even a driver inconvenience issue. Let's focus on things much more likely to hurt us, like driver distraction.
That picture is excellent.