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Tesla opens the Model 3 reservation floodgates

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Re: Tesla opens the Model 3 reservation floodgates

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Post by agumonkey »

sschueller wrote: post #4

Someone tweeted this video[1] of the tent production line a over a week ago. It looks a lot less clean than the picture Elon tweeted thats in the article. I don't know if I would purchase a 35K+ car that was assembled outside in the open. Also it appears quite chaotic with chassis being transported around also in the open. [1] https://twitter.com/IspyTsla/status/1009134913881190400?s=19

Technically I have nothing against solid tent lines. If this was only to avoid administration delays + wall costs and not hurried cheap solution ..

This might even act as a precedent for other factories :D

Re: Tesla opens the Model 3 reservation floodgates

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Post by Theodores »

sschueller wrote: post #4

Someone tweeted this video[1] of the tent production line a over a week ago. It looks a lot less clean than the picture Elon tweeted thats in the article. I don't know if I would purchase a 35K+ car that was assembled outside in the open. Also it appears quite chaotic with chassis being transported around also in the open. [1] https://twitter.com/IspyTsla/status/1009134913881190400?s=19

The precedent being the original Citroen 2CV factory that nobody was allowed to see because of the bare earth floor.

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Post by tych0 »

melling wrote: post #21
xiphias wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Adding other tents are probably easy, the hard part is slashing the cost of manufacturing to be profitable with $35000/car

The tents are very manual and not efficient: https://www.rt.com/business/431118-tesla-tent-outdated-manuf...

They may very well be, but rt.com is perhaps not the best source.

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Post by onion2k »

ben_w wrote: post #7
sschueller wrote: post #4

Someone tweeted this video[1] of the tent production line a over a week ago. It looks a lot less clean than the picture Elon tweeted thats in the article. I don't know if I would purchase a 35K+ car that was assembled outside in the open. Also it appears quite chaotic with chassis being transported around also in the open. [1] https://twitter.com/IspyTsla/status/1009134913881190400?s=19

I have nothing to compare against, so if I was in the market for a $35k car [1] I’d probably be fine with this. [1] I’d prefer to invest most of the money and have a cheaper second hand car, and if I had enough spare that $35k was pocket change, I’d be more interested in a tiny aircraft or a small liveaboard boat.

if I had enough spare that $35k was pocket change

If that was the case you'd probably only be buying a Model 3 out of curiosity rather than as your main, every day car. Most people aren't in that position, and will be buying a Model 3 because they think it's the best car for their money. They'll be a lot less willing to accept defects.

Re: Tesla opens the Model 3 reservation floodgates

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Post by andy_ppp »

Faaak wrote: post #29
andy_ppp wrote: post #27

I think Tesla should offer a public bond on some kind of block chain that can earn interest and go towards a car automatically in 2-3 years. Effectively using an ICO for something with actual value. The point being you can sell your place in the queue (should your circumstances change) and also provide you with a secure saving scheme. Just a thought!

What would the blockchain offer that you can't do actually ? AFAIK, you can buy bonds, buy a Tesla reservation, and sell this reservation without the blockchain.

Maybe you're correct - it's closer to a valid use of the technology than most other uses though. Maybe the reason to use this technology would be to decrease transaction costs and to allow people who want it now to pay a premium for someone else's space. Didn't realise you could sell the reservation so probably you're right centralisation is probably always better than blockchain.

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Post by martimarkov »

sschueller wrote: post #4

Someone tweeted this video[1] of the tent production line a over a week ago. It looks a lot less clean than the picture Elon tweeted thats in the article. I don't know if I would purchase a 35K+ car that was assembled outside in the open. Also it appears quite chaotic with chassis being transported around also in the open. [1] https://twitter.com/IspyTsla/status/1009134913881190400?s=19

As I posted in a similar thread. They use the tent manufactureing to increase the production in part of the assembly line. They don’t do everything in the tent.

Re: Tesla opens the Model 3 reservation floodgates

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Post by aerovistae »

CJefferson wrote: post #17
venning wrote: post #6

Last I read, Tesla is holding $985MM in customer deposits. [1] Now they are asking for, I'm assuming, full payment for cars starting at $48,000. However, the soonest one can be delivered is in "two to four months" and that's only for the trim that starts at $64,000. Plus there are now quite a few options costing in the thousands. For every 10,000 customers that place an order of the, likely, several hundred thousand…

Are any of these deposits protected? I assume when Tesla folds, they will all be lost?

Why would Tesla fold ?

Re: Tesla opens the Model 3 reservation floodgates

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Post by nabla9 »

sschueller wrote: post #4

Someone tweeted this video[1] of the tent production line a over a week ago. It looks a lot less clean than the picture Elon tweeted thats in the article. I don't know if I would purchase a 35K+ car that was assembled outside in the open. Also it appears quite chaotic with chassis being transported around also in the open. [1] https://twitter.com/IspyTsla/status/1009134913881190400?s=19

There will be more dust, no doubt. Tesla needs desperately money from the orders, they have no choice but take a risk.

Some issues may arise later. Tesla plans to fix them later and that's doable because their production volumes are still low and they manufacture only expensive cars.

Tesla owners know by now that they get a car that is incredible to drive, has very high quality 'skateboard' but all the normal parts build on top of that are low quality with high tolerances compared to other manufacturers. It seems to be accepted trade-off.

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