It's been a while and I'm no expert, but my impression from the reporting around the 787 problem -- and from some comments on HN -- is that Musk's technology was specifically engineered to be outside the envelope of these problems: Cell size, heat dissipation, cut outs, etc.
Boeing, by contrast, more or less attempted to introduce some... "buffering" into their extant design: (Additional) cell spacing -- as much as they could wedge in -- and maybe some other tweaks. Rather than really fixing the underlying problem.
I may be all wrong/wet, but that's the impression I was left with.
I think that if Boeing wants to salvage a good degree of near term profitability on this product line, they should begin talking to Musk. Actually, were it my call, even if the decision was to "fix" what they already had, I probably would have run a parallel examination and perhaps testing out of Musk's technology. Some millions on such an effort would be cheap "insurance", to bend that word -- no guarantee of a workable alternative, but a decent bet. And, even if you fix what you have, you now have a redundancy... and maybe you've learned something, along the way.
In short, Boeing needs to lop the top off a few internal egos, perhaps. Just speculation on my part, but...
Boeing, by contrast, more or less attempted to introduce some... "buffering" into their extant design: (Additional) cell spacing -- as much as they could wedge in -- and maybe some other tweaks. Rather than really fixing the underlying problem.
I may be all wrong/wet, but that's the impression I was left with.
I think that if Boeing wants to salvage a good degree of near term profitability on this product line, they should begin talking to Musk. Actually, were it my call, even if the decision was to "fix" what they already had, I probably would have run a parallel examination and perhaps testing out of Musk's technology. Some millions on such an effort would be cheap "insurance", to bend that word -- no guarantee of a workable alternative, but a decent bet. And, even if you fix what you have, you now have a redundancy... and maybe you've learned something, along the way.
In short, Boeing needs to lop the top off a few internal egos, perhaps. Just speculation on my part, but...