How Tesla Engineers Saved Millions On The Model S By Flipping Parts Upside Down: Suspension Secrets

Huibert Mees helped design the suspension on the Tesla Model S, one of the most important cars ever made. How did Tesla go from producing a small, Lotus-based sports car to producing an S-Class beating EV sedan? Working smarter, not harder.

[@ekho_viktor]

Who better than the one and only Huibert Mees? 😄 What an engineering talent

[@videosuperhero100]

Great video, I have even more respect for the car! Thanks

[@jdear97]

Very neat segment.

[@juliussk]

So it's V1.0 was a Frankenstein car, and once they made money they gradually made better cars. Pretty ingenious

[@ronchappel4812]

This is great!I love seeing this kind of optimization.

[@rinrat6754]

Really impressive explanations.

[@TigRdk]

Awesome insight, thanks!
Just one small thing.. You do not talk about the fact that the model S has no camber adjustment in the rear, and why the design results in massive inner tyre wear due to a quite excessive camber.. Any chance for a follow up with Huibert?

[@kyle8380]

Pretty fascinating. Thanks for posting this!

[@gamerjerome]

Why didn't they use a two gear system and install the rack right side up? That would give them the ratio they want and revert back the direction.

[@Oldsmobile69]

It's that little link that always fails

[@Frygisk]

Good thing they are very cheap and very easy to replace.

[@smjanows]

This looks pretty much the same as my old B5 S4's front suspension, minus the air. Nothing really novel.

[@Frygisk]

Pretty much the whole point. Novel is expensive.