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		Spooky23 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tesla Transport Protocol over Ethernet (TTPoE) Tesla is a weird company. They are hyperfocused on GM-like micro cost cutting in the cars. Yet they spend expensive engineering time on stuff like this. Maybe there’s some big cost savings in the backend.

adgjlsfhk1 10 months ago | [–]

I think the difference is that Tesla plans like a tech company in that they assume they will build an infinite number of cars so any fixed cost optimization is going to be worth it eventually

zaroth 10 months ago | [–]

It’s for FSD, which when fully realized, will have a global market cap of over $10 trillion.

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