palmermd said:
He essentially said that they nailed all the really hard parts and the assembly work is not well done. assembly can be improved and quickly, the hard parts are time consuming and essentially he said that if they get this car assembled correctly, its light years ahead of everything else. Tesla is working on this issue and it was encouraging to hear his review of the car. His cars were early versions and fit and finish was a problem. I've not seen many issues with this on recent deliveries, but it is not perfect, so they do still have work to do, but a "perfect" fit and finish is not my biggest concern when buying the car.
Other key points of the teardown video discussion:
1. That the M3 sold at $35K would not be profitable, i.e. given the key costs - chassis, battery, & production.
2. That the chassis is over-designed and too heavy, e.g. the rear.
3. That the A-arm design is questionable, e.g. the Mickey Mouse tie-wrapped (zip-tie) weight (damper?)
4. Assumed that the AP processor board and processor chips were designed by Tesla.
The processor chips were Nvidia's and it's likely that Nvidia designed a major part of that board to integrate with their chips.
5. That the battery design was overly complex and the construction was costly.
6. That it's questionable whether Tesla can ever achieve a production goal of 6K per week with their in-house production capabilities.
7. Without major training of the production-line workers, the M3 will continue to have assembly flaws, e.g. panel gaps.
8. Indicated that no major U.S. automotive OEM has indicated a desire to purchase the teardown report. (Probably don't consider
the M3 all that significant a vehicle design.)
its light years ahead of everything else
Laughable!