There is a TON of work in designing, routing, manufacturing and installing harnesses which I think is more important than the mass savings. Harnesses really complicates design and assembly, because you have harnesses that pass through multiple parts and subassemblies managed by different teams.
The multidrop feature of this standard means that in a car, you could have a main harness that rarely needs any updates, and as features are added to the next model of car, most updates could be handled with a local wire harness update.
A harness mistake(s) cost Airbus billions on the A380 program.[1]
The multidrop feature of this standard means that in a car, you could have a main harness that rarely needs any updates, and as features are added to the next model of car, most updates could be handled with a local wire harness update.
A harness mistake(s) cost Airbus billions on the A380 program.[1]
[1]https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/11/business/worldbusiness/11...