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Re:Tesla aims to start pilot production of Model 3 cars on F... by vanattab on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @10:18PM (#13604371)
You hit the nail on the head. It's the scaling/quality control problems that are the biggest risk. Also, from what I understand there have been quite a lot of problems with the different telsa models to date, but the top notch tesla service has been able to keep customers happy. That level of customer service is much easier to provide when selling a few $100,000 cars then when mass producing $30,000 cars.
Re:Tesla aims to start pilot production of Model 3 cars on F... by chiph on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @11:17PM (#13604639)
The mechanics in /r/justrolledintotheshop complain about parts availability and the constant rolling changes. The door handles on the Model S are apparently up to revision "G".
Re:Tesla aims to start pilot production of Model 3 cars on F... by ovao on Thursday February 09, 2017 @12:25AM (#13604889)
Assuming Tesla parts start with "A" or no letter suffix, that actually doesn't seem too bad, in my experience. The Ford Focus I owned several years ago had 34 revisions made to the door handle assembly by the time I had to replace mine.