[Karupan]

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]

Right. 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.

[fransje26]

Who needs adjusted body panels? That's so 20th century. Don't stand in the way of progress and innovation with your useless perfectionism.

[rangestransform]

There 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-wai...

[potatochup]

the 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.

[fred_is_fred]

Why should he bother with improving any of the manufacturing quality when people will buy them regardless?