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Presumably, they're still working out problems in their manufacturing process. By the time they're selling to people who don't care about Tesla and just want a
by elihu 9y ago
Presumably, they're still working out problems in their manufacturing process. By the time they're selling to people who don't care about Tesla and just want a car, most of those issues will have been long ago solved.
The unknown is where the quality level will be when it levels off after all the obvious inefficiencies and easy-to-fix flaws are addressed. There's a limit to the quality that some organization can achieve at a particular price point.
- MBCook 9y agoThat’s what the Model S was for. If they didn’t figure out how to build that without these issues in 6 years why do we think they’ll figure it out for the 3? > There's a limit to the quality that some organization can achieve at a particular price point. Look at a Honda Fit at $16k. Look at how well it’s made. Why can’t the $35k Model 3 do that? The $74k S? The $79 X?
- elihu 9y agoMaybe cars are complicated and it takes more than six years to figure out how to make them well? Maybe Tesla is using a very different process to make the Model 3 than the model S? Maybe we shouldn't compare a car that's been in production (with some changes) for 17 years with a car that's been in production for a couple months? The Model 3 is substantially different than the Model S and has been in production a couple months. Just because Tesla made a similar car before doesn't mean that making cars is a solved problem and there won't be new problems with each new model that have to be overcome.
- MBCook 9y agoNew models from the big companies like Honda or Toyota don’t have those issues. Not new model years (like most 2019s), not real overhauls (like the 2018 Accord), but turkey new models (like the Honda HR-V). They don’t get an excuse.