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by ricw 1396 days ago
That may have been the case 5 years ago, but these days it’s the opposite. Look at the Munro live Tesla tear downs on YouTube, particularly the megacastings structure, the battery packs or heat pumps. It’s night and day.
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That's great as Munro were the group who originally game them a bad wrap regarding their chassis design.

My point still stands and it clearly shows that Tesla have room to improve, just like all car companies.

Tesla quality is still lightyears behind old premium brands. Panel gaps so wide you could use them as kiddie pools. Their scrap rates are testament of how crappy their production process is.
Do you have a source for Tesla's scrap rates and the scrap rates for other large manufacturers?
In that dreaded plant in Germany it’s a cool 60% currently:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/efahrer.chip.de/news/ueber-60-p...