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> "I don’t think anyone’s seen anything like this outside of the military trying to service vehicles in a war zone. I pity any customer taking delivery of one o
by ux-app 8y ago
> "I don’t think anyone’s seen anything like this outside of the military trying to service vehicles in a war zone. I pity any customer taking delivery of one of these cars. The quality will be shocking"
Ouch, that is scathing, proof will be in the pudding though. If there are a lot of QA issues (which it seems reasonable to assume) then the recall rate + bad press might sink them. It's a scrappy (maybe desperate?) move, one which you would expect from an underdog, so good luck to them.
- Dancecity 8y agomusk vs the jewish press
- manicdee 8y agoThat quote is entirely based on mischaracterisation of the new building as a tent, open to the elements. It’s a hangar with a synthetic cloth skin instead of metal or wood cladding. Nothing in this Bloomberg article reflects reality.
- ux-app 8y agothe characteristics of the building are mostly irrelevant and a discerning reader will pick up the tent characterisation as hyperbolic. The main thrust is that the decision to set up an ad hoc manufacturing plant could be seen as either - chaotic/desperate or - pragmatic and brilliantly subversive of the status quo. I'm sure we'll get lots of articles painting both sides. Time will tell which one of the two it is.
- manicdee 8y agoIt is both chaotic and brilliant. Why disrupt the existing lines when you can just build some new factory space really cheaply?