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That they won't service them or supply parts shows the future for all Tesla owners. We need legislative reform that requires any companies selling products in
by droithomme 7y ago
That they won't service them or supply parts shows the future for all Tesla owners.
We need legislative reform that requires any companies selling products in US jurisdiction put enough parts and cash in escrow to guarantee for a reasonable time period the ability to service anything that costs more than $500.
- wmf 7y agoIt's more like the present; every part they manufacture goes into a new Tesla while owners wait weeks for replacement parts.
- jacques_chester 7y agoThis is the key: Tesla's goal is increasing new-car production. Diverting intermediate assemblies into spare parts inventories directly competes with that goal. If Tesla had spare manufacturing capacity this wouldn't be as pressing. As they bring more online it would presumably ease, though with lag while the backlog of demand is drained.
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y agoIt’s unknown if Telsa has spare parts capacity. What is know is that distributing parts for warranty repairs is a cost to the company. It seems their plan is to let warranty claims languish until at least the next financial period.
- droithomme 7y agoSounds like a brillant plan. Do you feel that knowledge of total lack of serviceability for cars more than a few years old might discourage more that a modicum of potential new buyers. And if so would it make financial sense to hire 50¢ armies to annihilate any attempts to share such information online and discredit its promulgators.
- Scoundreller 7y agoDepends on the part and who the supplier is. Some parts are more easily ramped up in production. Are parts buyers struggling for some parts, or all parts equally? If it's the latter, Tesla is either really good, or really nasty. If you're getting stamped steel body panels from a manufacturer that can't ramp up its supply, you're with the wrong manufacturer.
- tedd4u 7y agoAs good as that sounds for consumers I think the cost would mean we would see less innovation. And it would be harder for small companies to bring products to market. Caveat emptor.
- lucas_membrane 7y ago>> put enough parts and cash in escrow How about just putting the CAD data into escrow, and it all becomes public domain whenever (1) the manufacturer no longer makes replacement parts available, or (2) the price to replace all the parts of a vehicle exceeds three times the original purchase price.
- jedberg 7y agoA good idea in theory, but would you trust the security of the escrow system? It would be a very ripe target for corporate espionage.
- jacobush 7y agoIt could be done with some kind of multi-key approach, everything encrypted. I'd be more worried about not loosing data and that the correct data was put in there to begin with. Up to date revisions and everything.
- mschuster91 7y agoLibrary of Congress or other national libraries could be used as trusted intermediaries. They've been keeping stuff safe for hundreds of years.
- nguoi 7y agoThey could just as easily buy a car and cut it up. IP is generally protected by (threat of) a courtroom, not obscurity.
- lucas_membrane 7y agoBuying an old car is not a way to get new parts, and buying a new car is not a way to get parts for an old car. The high price of car parts is the reason why we have so much car theft. Promoting the availability of car parts will save costs for car insurance, law enforcement, the prosecutors, judges, juries, and jails. The situation is outrageous. There are parts for which a dealer pays around $10.00 that retail over $500.00.
- twblalock 7y agoThat's a great way to raise the barrier to entry so much that only large, established companies can afford to introduce new products.