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jumping on the tesla bandwagon much? Tesla needs to demonstrate they can scale.. the paltry few highend units they move today is a far cry from the volume they
by jordache 11y ago
jumping on the tesla bandwagon much? Tesla needs to demonstrate they can scale.. the paltry few highend units they move today is a far cry from the volume they would potentially move with a cheap model. The reliability of model s is pretty bad, but servicing them is manageable given a smaller customer base.
I think we'll see challenging times ahead for Tesla
- matt_wulfeck 11y agoIncreasing production is a problem that's easy to fix with time and money. Creating demand and a superior product is much harder to do.
- rjdagost 11y agoHave you ever been involved with the production of a mass market product? Scaling up production while making a profit and maintaining high quality is not something that gets solved easily. It remains to be seen if Tesla can make the difficult transition from being a trendy boutique manufacturer to a mass market juggernaut.
- csours 11y agoIf they do an AMAZING[1] job of utilizing their current factory, they can make 500k car/yr. If/when they have to stand up another assembly plant, that will be on the order of $2-5 billion and 2-5 years. I would imagine that at some point they will enter a joint venture with another OEM rather than expand into another assembly site. 1. 24hr x 365 day @ 1 veh per minute would be 525,949 vehicles per year. Disclaimer: I work for a Tesla competitor, any opinions are solely my own.