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Re:Tesla Looked Like the Future, Now Some Ask If It Has One by bsder on Thursday March 29, 2018 @09:44PM (#16712956)
> It has failed to achieve what is the standard baseline for mass production of cars today, a sustained production rate within controlled quality parameters

Which is ironic given that Tesla is in the old Fremont facility where Toyota schooled GM on how to do exactly that ...

Re:Tesla Looked Like the Future, Now Some Ask If It Has One by ucaetano on Thursday March 29, 2018 @09:50PM (#16712990)
Exactly, with industry-standard infrastructure and plenty of highly-qualified and experienced professionals up for grabs, it is puzzling how they are failing so hard.

My guess is a mentality of "everything is wrong, let's rebuild it from scratch internally and it will be better", ignoring decades of practice and experience.

Re:Tesla Looked Like the Future, Now Some Ask If It Has One by ebikelaw on Thursday March 29, 2018 @09:50PM (#16712991)
It turns out that buildings don't know how to build cars. People do.
Re:Tesla Looked Like the Future, Now Some Ask If It Has One by MBCook on Thursday March 29, 2018 @10:33PM (#16713231)
Which is kind of amazing because their issues of just trying to get cars down the line and trying to fix them after they are built before delivery sounds exactly like the kind of stuff GM used to do that Toyota amazed them by avoiding.