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I don’t care about Tesla or Musk (mostly) since I don’t own or plan to buy one in the near future. But having seen the build quality of model 3s years after mas
by Karupan 3y ago
I don’t care about Tesla or Musk (mostly) since I don’t own or plan to buy one in the near future. But having seen the build quality of model 3s years after mass production, I’d be extremely concerned with plans for a cheaper car. It will do well for sure, but wonder what corners will be cut to get there.
I do wonder what exactly in the manufacturing process leads to such poor tolerances in Teslas. And is it even prudent to aim for a cheaper car before ironing out the kinks in the current lineup and process.
- mattmaroon 3y agoRight. Like maybe let’s just make the model Y not have vent fans that rattle and a door handle that freezes shut every cold day.
- rangestransform 3y agoThere was a post on teslamotorsclub at some point about how Teslas are designed by interns and assembled by convicts See: there was an employee-on-employee shooting at the Fremont factory https://www.ktvu.com/news/prosecutors-say-tesla-employee-waited-for-coworker-to-get-off-before-shooting-him-in-head https://www.ktvu.com/news/prosecutors-say-tesla-employee-wai...
- potatochup 3y agothe USA has a murder rate of ~6 per 100k people and Tesla has 140k employees, so I don't think one murder is statistically meaningful.
- fransje26 3y agoWho needs adjusted body panels? That's so 20th century. Don't stand in the way of progress and innovation with your useless perfectionism.
- fred_is_fred 3y agoWhy should he bother with improving any of the manufacturing quality when people will buy them regardless?