Tesla’s New Car Smell
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Tesla’s New Car Smell
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#2I wonder if there are many side effects from this sort of schedule slippage apart from just needing more time.
If the only result is the schedule slipping, then investors can continue giving to Tesla with the assurance that things happen "eventually".
If this is actually indicative of greater disorganization, then perhaps we'll see more issues later on. But my impression is that this is _the_ major issue for Tesla... and ultimately it's an issue that can be solved with more money.
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#3I really thought that the article was literally about the smell of the cars :)
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#4The author is only comparing production ability and basic mechanical stats with the Bolt and Leaf.
I am on the Model 3 waiting list for the Autopilot. Heck, it could be gas powered and I'd be on the waiting list for the Autopilot. I don't need full autonomous. I just want the best system, and currently Tesla has it. So hopefully they figure out their production issues.
I also just bought a 2018 Honda Odyssey as our main family car and it can't even do adaptive cruise control under 20 mph. I think people underrate how far ahead Tesla is in these areas. Their competition is currently Google and Uber, not Chevy, Nissan, etc.
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#5I really thought that the article was literally about the smell of the cars :)
I wasn't sure, but now that I checked, it's clickbait, and flagged it
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#6A greater problem may be the insider trading that might be going on according to the author.
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#8"If a part has a problem, only a small quantity needs to be shipped back to the supplier who can inspect, correct, and quickly adjust their own production process."
Isn't one of the advantages of having a minimal, electric vehicle that there are fewer moving parts?
Telsa is in a interesting position as a software/car maker. There production line is like an algorithm they are adjusting on the fly, and it's obviously going to be messy when you don't have multiple decades of manufacturing experience.
Still, Tesla's learning curve is steep, and the M3 is a much more simpler car. Don't be against Elon, it's quite possible he'll be able to figure out how to make 10K/week once the kinks are figured out.
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#9In taking delivery of my wife’s Model S, we were treated to a group tour of the site. Everyone marveled at the robot porn,[...]
Everyone but yours truly. I couldn’t help check off the sins against the “Toyota Bible”
And I can't help but notice that his truly is still putting his wife's truly into a Tesla, not a Toyota.
There seems to be a wave of stories critical of Musk currently, and most seem to be rooted in some sort of ill will towards the man. Other than that, I just can't wrap my head around these alarmist screeds, considering a few months' delay is, if anything, so little one wonders if Musk is spending too much time on production...
It's annoying for customers, but hey: at least you're not one of those customers whose vehicle gets blown up 5 miles off the coast of Florida.
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#10I really thought that the article was literally about the smell of the cars :)
Me too. I wondered if it was related to this discovery about China's revulsion to that fragrance. http://www.npr.org/2017/07/29/540214689/chinese-buyers-don-t...