I don't think anyone is complaining that Tesla is not releasing Lotus design material. I think people are complaining that obviously Tesla-designed bits aren't in the materials despite Elon saying "All design & engineering of the original @Tesla Roadster is now fully open source".
> To accommodate the battery pack, motor and transmission, Tesla designed a new rear subframe. In order to handle the increased weight in the rear, new rear wishbones were designed.
I don't see any design materials for Tesla's rear subframe or rear wishbones in the materials that Elon linked to though.
Honestly, releasing what they did is commendable. Typically automakers (including Tesla at times) fight right-to-repair type stuff. It's just irritating to read the headline and think "holy crap they open sourced a car!" and then realize it's really "oh, they released some above-average technical documents about the car".
I mean, here's a Tesla article where they emphasize how different the Roadster is from the Elise: https://www.tesla.com/blog/mythbusters-part-2-tesla-roadster...
> To accommodate the battery pack, motor and transmission, Tesla designed a new rear subframe. In order to handle the increased weight in the rear, new rear wishbones were designed.
I don't see any design materials for Tesla's rear subframe or rear wishbones in the materials that Elon linked to though.
Honestly, releasing what they did is commendable. Typically automakers (including Tesla at times) fight right-to-repair type stuff. It's just irritating to read the headline and think "holy crap they open sourced a car!" and then realize it's really "oh, they released some above-average technical documents about the car".