Re:Tesla Model 3 fault rate is the highest of any car: report
by CtrlAltmanDel on Monday November 20, 2023 @11:49PM
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> VW has something like 70 years more experience than Tesla in making brakes.
And assembling brakes
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/another-tesla-is-delivere...
Re:Tesla Model 3 fault rate is the highest of any car: report
by inferiorhuman on Monday November 20, 2023 @11:15PM
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VW specs brakes that are built by companies (e.g. ATE/Teves, Girling, Brembo) with those 70 years of experience. Tesla, famously, brought all sorts of complex assemblies (e.g. seats) in house. So I'm curious with the situation is with the Model Three.
I can sorta understand wanting to bring something bespoke like seats in house, but friction brakes are commodity hardware. If Tesla is trying to DIY friction brakes that seems like a colossal waste of time.
Re:Tesla Model 3 fault rate is the highest of any car: report
by wilg on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @12:39AM
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I'm pretty sure they don't make their own brakes.
Re:Tesla Model 3 fault rate is the highest of any car: report
by CharlesW on Monday November 20, 2023 @11:12PM
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Tesla makes brakes?
Re:Tesla Model 3 fault rate is the highest of any car: report
by TheDong on Monday November 20, 2023 @11:13PM
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Whether it makes them or not, it is integrating them into the car, and VW also obviously has more experience integrating brakes into a full car.
I'm sure you could have read "make" charitably as "making and/or integrating brakes into cars" if you wanted to.
Both VW and Tesla have been making EV-specific components for about the same amount of time (not long), but VW has something like 70 years more experience than Tesla in making brakes (edit: integrating brakes into cars, fine)