[ntaylor]

He allegedly transmitted photography of Tesla's internal manufacturing systems.

For a company that prides itself in it's manufacturing process (even if it isn't as-promised), it seem like this could even be perceived as IP theft.

[empath75]

I’m sure their competitors are falling over each other to learn how to fail to build cars.

[kjksf]

Daimler (parent of Mercedes) reportedly rented Model X and disassembled it to learn how it works. https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a14106521/competitor-t...

Munro & Associates did a complete Tesla 3 teardown and disassembly in order to sell what they've learned to Tesla competitors for hundreds of thousands of dollars (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpCrkO1x-Qo&t=4828s)

So did some German engineering company (https://cleantechnica.com/2018/02/19/tesla-model-3-stuns-ger...).

Apparently there are plenty of companies interested in how Tesla's cars are made.

[InternetOfStuff]

> Daimler (parent of Mercedes) reportedly rented Model X and disassembled it to learn how it works.

> Apparently there are plenty of companies interested in how Tesla's cars are made.

Disassembing a rental car is ..uh.. rude, but other than that this is completely ordinary, and not even done in secret.

When I worked at BMW, we once went down to a big room where an entire VW (Golf?) was disassembled and on display, all its components laid out on long rows of tables.

I can't remember any access restrictions on that room -- it was just a place you went to look at how other engineers had solved particular problems, learn new tricks, or get inspired.

It's essentially the code reading of the mechanical engineering world.

[oe]

Disassembling competitor cars is a standard practice and every car maker does it to all their most important competitors. Tesla is not special in this regard.