Re:Can Elon Musk and Tesla Reinvent the Way Cars Are Made?
by _ph_ on Saturday June 30, 2018 @12:48PM
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And the biggest problem: Jaguar plans to make only 20k cars in the first production year. I hope they have plans to increase production considerably, or it will be another token electric car.
Re:Can Elon Musk and Tesla Reinvent the Way Cars Are Made?
by gizmo on Saturday June 30, 2018 @01:25PM
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That's funny, because last year Tesla produced only 3000 or so Model 3s.
Re:Can Elon Musk and Tesla Reinvent the Way Cars Are Made?
by hackerman12345 on Saturday June 30, 2018 @01:45PM
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And in the first quarter of 2018 they produced:
Model S: 11,730 Model X: 10,070 Model 3: 8,180
Re:Can Elon Musk and Tesla Reinvent the Way Cars Are Made?
by gizmo on Saturday June 30, 2018 @02:45PM
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The argument was that Jaguar wasn't serious because they're only making 20k of their electric car in the first year of production. I pointed out that Tesla hasn't produced 20k of any of their cars during the first year of production. That's noteworthy hypocrisy.
We know that established car manufacturers can ramp up quickly if they want to. Can Tesla? So far, the evidence indicates they cannot.
Re:Can Elon Musk and Tesla Reinvent the Way Cars Are Made?
by paranoidrobot on Saturday June 30, 2018 @09:14PM
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Tesla also didn't have the decades of experience and existing production lines to work on.
>We know that established car manufacturers can ramp up quickly if they want to.
The evidence so far indicates that they don't.
1) Dealerships: they still hate selling EVs. (My personal experience - my GM dealer spent hours trying to convince me to not by my Volt).
2) Charging: Tesla has the only serious world-wide charging network.
3) Software: Telsa (for good or bad) updates their software all the time. People get 'goodies' every few months. My Volt, only a handful of VERY minor software updates in five years. People are coming to expect that.