Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota and VW

Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by dghughes on Monday February 17, 2020 @10:55AM (#22348524)

> Look at the doors of the model three. Note that they don't line up.

I'm not in the US but people in my region comment how all US vehicles have poor panel quality. I've spoken to paint shop employees and garage mechanics who say the panels of US cars have gaps that are embarrassingly large. In the mind of a buyer that makes you question overall quality.

And never buy a white car either they rust because the panels don't get warm enough to drive out moisture.

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Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by fiftyfifty on Monday February 17, 2020 @11:18AM (#22348709)

It's all relative, in the American southwest nearly every car is white, it's the only color that's livable. Moisture is the least of their concerns there.

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Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by psadri on Monday February 17, 2020 @11:02AM (#22348586)

I had never heard this about white cars! This must apply to any car maker and maybe other light colors?

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Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by cultofmetatron on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @09:41AM (#22365780)

anytime I go to a tropical country, almost all the cars are white for precisely this reason

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Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by gbronner on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @01:13AM (#22353877)

I've bought two white cars from the southewest and used them in the northeast.

One had body panels that were mostly plastic, and lasted 18 years. The other is five years old. Neither shows any sign of rust.

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