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> Its conventional design will allow Tesla to manufacture the car at a speed that’s “unheard of” in the auto industry. I get that this is puff piece by a fan p
by addaon 3y ago
> Its conventional design will allow Tesla to manufacture the car at a speed that’s “unheard of” in the auto industry.
I get that this is puff piece by a fan publication, but is there any possible coherent reading of this sentence? I assume this is referring to the idea that the Cybertruck's original conception as an "exoskeleton" design was intended to make manufacturing easier, but has completely failed (the current Cybertruck design is conventional body on frame), not just failing to accelerate manufacturing but obviously delaying it for years... but why would returning to a conventional design give Tesla any edge over the more experienced players in the industry? While Tesla has been able to get production to a small fraction of the real players remarkably quickly in exchange for things like non-uniform panel gaps and marginal build quality, this is at best a partial mitigation, not an edge.
- I_Am_Nous 3y agoThe only thing I can imagine they could try to argue that way is if installing electric motors, batteries, and wiring is faster than installing the engine/transmission. Plus manufacturing an engine is much more tolerance bound because there are so many parts. So maybe it's a collective hope that the speed savings of EVs will magically make Tesla faster at making cars even though they've basically never been able to keep up with demand (chip shortage notwithstanding, that screwed everyone lol)
- spikels 3y agoCalm down. Prob just a typo. s/conventional/unconventional/
- addaon 3y agoWait, /is/ there anything unconventional? I thought the obvious learnings from Cybertruck was that, at least at this point with the leadership completely distracted, trying to do something new and unconventional is beyond Tesla's demonstrated ability to execute. Meanwhile their successful products -- the Model 3 in particular -- and their known future product, the Cybertruck, are totally conventional in manufacturing, besides the use of larger-than-typical castings for some parts. Is there some suggestion that the Model 2 is going in a different direction than the "do it the same way that everyone else has figured out works" that Tesla has been moving towards?