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Re:Tesla posts big loss, cuts production of Models X and S t... by RayVR on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @05:48PM (#15605794)
The bottleneck is absolutely not batteries. From the document, they specifically state that they have multiple steps which are only able to operate for short periods at 500 cars per week, which basically means 500 cars could be produced if you take how things went for two hours and assume that rate can be maintained for a week.
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Re:Tesla posts big loss, cuts production of Models X and S t... by chollida1 on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @05:59PM (#15605883)
Ummm

> Some lines are at only 500 cars a week. Namely the battery pack assembly, body shop welding and final vehicle assembly.

of those, the battery pack is the big issue.

From Gabrielle Coppola, bloomberg's auto analysts:

> The biggest production constraint by far is the battery module assembly. A systems integration contractor dropped the ball, and Tesla only realized they dropped the ball until very recently. Tesla had to rewrite all the software from scratch, Musk explains. That's what he and CTO J.B. Straubel have been focused on.

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Re:Tesla posts big loss, cuts production of Models X and S t... by makomk on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @06:50PM (#15606191)
So basically, the whole thing about Tesla being more a battery company than a car company that was supposed to help justify their valuation was bullshit. They don't even have the in-house capabilities to tell that the company that they contracted the work out to had screwed up until well after they were supposed to be shipping.
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Re:Tesla posts big loss, cuts production of Models X and S t... by detaro on Thursday November 02, 2017 @01:49AM (#15608127)
Not necessarily. If making battery cells is going to be the global bottleneck, having some issues making battery packs out of them is likely a lot easier to fix than not having the cells.
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