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This seems different than Tesla simply overlooking a quality requirement because of a lack of communication. This is the top of the top, Musk himself, saying "
by dymk 8y ago
This seems different than Tesla simply overlooking a quality requirement because of a lack of communication.
This is the top of the top, Musk himself, saying "screw that quality requirement, this is good enough", and plowing forward regardless (and having it bite them later).
Who knows how many other components they were able to cut corners with for now. And how many will start to fail in the coming years.
- usrusr 8y agoImagine that your company is young, lean and quick while everybody else is old and big and maybe a bit lazy. You'll inevitably become a bit lazy yourself, never thinking further than "old and big and maybe a bit lazy" when everybody else is doing a thing one way. Why waste energy on looking for other reasons they might have for doing it that specific way when you already have a perfectly fine explanation? A perfectly fine explanation that is also irresistibly flattering? Telling apart "rules" that exist because nothing else works from those that are just inertia is difficult.
- konschubert 8y agoDon’t tear down fences before you understand why they were built
- erikpukinskis 8y agoDon't make universal proclamations, ever.
- usrusr 8y agoWell said/quoted. Corollary: never stop trying.
- colechristensen 8y agoThe thing is, not really. Components can be tested. Experience with environmental testing is everywhere. >When Tesla performed the tests, the electronics ended up working just fine. Tesla's environmental testing just failed. Doesn't necessarily indicate good things about the longevity of a new Tesla.
- radicalbyte 8y agoIt can't be any worse than other manufacturers. I've owned Volkswagens for 15 years now and I've replaced 4 EGR valves and the a 200 EUR piece of plastic in the windows every two years. This is in addition to things breaking which weren't designed to break in the first place.