Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen joins me for his second interview on this present! Our nearly hour-long dialogue covers the Cybertruck, next-gen Roadster, the brand new Mannequin S, and way more! Plus: after the interview I analyze Tesla’s enormous across-the-board worth cuts that occurred this week as properly.

TIMECODES:

0:47 Podcast intro
3:02 Franz interview begins
3:29 Petersen Auto Museum’s Tesla exhibit
6:51 Was the Cybertruck impressed by the DeLorean?
8:39 Eradicating scratches from the Cybertruck’s chrome steel end
10:54 Customizing the end of a Cybertruck?
13:56 Cybertruck Easter egg
17:51 Did Franz count on the reactions to the Cybertruck’s design?
20:38 No different automobile firm would greenlight one thing just like the Cybertruck
22:06 Will there be a Cybercar?
22:58 Is the Cybertruck design completed?
24:15 The Cybertruck’s doorways
24:49 Yoke steering on the Cybertruck
25:23 Are there options on the Cybertruck we do not find out about but?
26:39 What Franz thinks of the opposite EV pickup vans
28:08 Subsequent-gen Roadster standing replace
29:59 Continually engaged on the Mannequin S
31:14 How lengthy was the Mannequin S refresh within the works?
33:09 The brand new steering wheel possibility on the Mannequin S and Mannequin X
34:08 The current design change to the again of the Mannequin S and Mannequin X
35:55 Cybertruck do not want no stinking badges
36:19 Franz on the capacitive contact buttons on the yoke
37:22 New Mannequin S’s a lot decrease drag coefficient
39:30 What number of occasions has the Mannequin S been utterly redesigned underneath the pores and skin?
40:24 Franz on Tesla seats
41:38 How full autonomy modifications Franz’s thought course of
42:55 Automobile paint colours
45:30 Will the stalks get deleted on the Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y too?
46:26 Franz’s ideas on the Mannequin Y doubtless changing into the world’s best-selling passenger automobile
48:25 Franz on Tesla automobile security
49:36 Franz’s relationship with the Berlin and Shanghai Design Studios
50:40 Shortening the time between design and manufacturing
52:09 How has Franz’s skillset grown in his time at Tesla?
53:29 If Franz might begin the Mannequin 3 over, what would he do?
54:40 Mannequin 3 transferring to the 4680 battery cells and structural battery pack?
55:32 What does Franz need his legacy to be?
56:49 What did Franz work on at present?
58:15 Non-interview information: Tesla slashes automobile costs throughout the board
1:12:37 Outro