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Tesla Model 3 Teardown Reveals a 'Symphony of Engineering,' 30 Percent Profit Margin (bloomberg.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Munro & Associates, a small Detroit-area firm that disassembles new cars and analyzes them down to the nuts and bolts, came out in April with damning findings that the Model 3 was poorly built and -- even worse for Tesla's long-term outlook -- costly to build. On that second point, at least, founder Sandy Munro has reversed course. Upon further analysis, his firm has found that the sedan can be profitable. It may even have the potential to make a 30 percent margin, which would be unmatched by any other other battery-powered vehicle. Munro said the systems that impressed him most were the tight integration of circuit board components, which he calls "a symphony of engineering," and the efficiency of the battery developed by Tesla and Panasonic Corp. Munro also pointed to a comprehensive side-by-side comparison of the parts and materials used by the Model 3, General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet Bolt, and BMW AG's i3, in which the Model 3 comes out favorably. The report echoes a teardown published in June by German magazine WirtschaftsWoche, which found that the Model 3 costs about $28,000 to build -- $18,000 for materials and $10,000 for production.
For the benefit of the mods who think the above is a troll, I'm referring to an incident on Sunday in which Musk accused the diver who saved the kids trapped in caves in Thailand a pedophile because he said Musk's submarine wouldn't have helped. It was a bizarre baseless attack on a legit hero.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
You don't understand. Tesla uses an agile process and keeps improving. If you got an early one it might be bad but just go buy another. The ones they make in the tent are really good ones
It's not okay, he's done this repeatedly as CEO of Tesla too. His mouth is a liability.
“Water level was actually very low & still (not flowing) — you could literally have swum to Cave 5 with no gear [1], which is obv how the kids got in [2]. If not true, then I challenge this dude to show final rescue video [3]. Huge credit to pump & generator team. Unsung heroes here[4],”
[1] a Seal diver died from lack of oxygen, he gave the kids too much of his tank when he was in the end cave. Clearly not swimable then. The kids were running out of oxygen so clearly air tight, and they brought them out 4 at a time during the day, with Seals restocking the oxygen tanks along the way at night. His claim is garbage, it belittles the risks involved.
[2]The kids climbed in before the floods and went deep into the cave as the water rose. They did not swim in.
[3] They made a rescue, not a video for PR purposes. His demand for a video shows his priorities not theirs.
[4] Same cave teams did the rescue as laid the pipes and power lines.
“You know what, don’t bother showing the video, We will make one of the mini-sub/pod going all the way to Cave 5 no problemo. Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it.”
Fuck off Musk. They didn't use your tube, you got pissy in your disappointment, one of the cavers got angry with you for the PR stunt and pissyness part and you escallated into calling him a pedo because he's in Thailand. Which is a slur on Thailand and libel against him.
If you want to help, help, don't do a PR circus when they're trying to do a rescue.
One more thing, when autopilot kills people, its not their fault they didn't turn off the autopilot to rescue the car from its bad driving. It's your bugs to blame. Don't attack customers just because they're dead and can't answer back. When the Luxembourg safety regulator complaims the brakes are awful, its because they're awful. It's not a conspiracy against your company, they just want you to fix the damn brakes. Grow up.