Toyota, Nissan, GM, and Ford are already losing on the volume of *cars* they produce, never mind EVs. See today's Bloomberg article on North American car production: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-tesla-factory-california-texas-car-production/
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The Leaf‘s fatal flaw is that the battery is not thermally managed. It’s air cooled and that has led to drastic degradation and range loss in the winter.
The best cheap EV out there when the LG battery doesn’t decide to combust is the Bolt. I’m looking forward to hearing more details about the Equinox EV that will start at $30,000 and is on the newer EV platform.
Like what? The tires? Tesla is the prime example of a vertically integrated company. They don't outsource software, they BUILD (not assemble) their hardware.
That's just a single factory. Also, contrary to what the article seems to imply it's not some kind of productivity miracle. The NUMMI factory in Fremont, CA, which is now the Tesla factory, produced almost as many cars as Tesla now does 15 years ago when it was operated by a Toyota/GM joint venture.
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This is a quote from Tesla's annual 10-K report:
"Our products use thousands of purchased parts that are sourced from hundreds of suppliers across the world. We have developed close relationships with vendors of key parts such as battery cells, electronics and complex vehicle assemblies. "
That's the whole point -- it is just one (abandoned by GM & Toyota) factory. The new Tesla Austin factory will likely end up with more than double the capacity of Fremont. Also, Tesla is the one EV manufacturer without a perpetual battery shortage... Call me when another company outside of China comes anywhere close to Tesla's EV production
That may be, but other big manufacturers such as GM, Toyota or VW have more factories and produce a lot more cars per year. So just looking at a single factory isn't the whole picture.
Tesla has been affected by battery shortages too, e.g.:
Elon Musk delays Telsa's Cybertruck because of battery shortages
Elon Musk confirmed Tesla's Cybertruck will not go into production until sometime next year due to the firm struggling with shortages of its new 4680 battery cell - it needs high volumes of the battery.
That may be, but other big manufacturers such as GM, Toyota or VW have more factories and produce a lot more cars per year. So just looking at a single factory isn't the whole picture.
Tesla has been affected by battery shortages too, e.g.:
Elon Musk delays Telsa's Cybertruck because of battery shortages
Elon Musk confirmed Tesla's Cybertruck will not go into production until sometime next year due to the firm struggling with shortages of its new 4680 battery cell - it needs high volumes of the battery.www.msn.com
Its not a battery shortage per se that is delaying Cybertruck. Cybertruck requires the new 4680 battery and they are not ready yet for mass production. The current 2170 battery is not sufficient for Cybertruck’s needs.
Tires are one. Other things include or have included brakes, windshields, instrument panels, dampers, power steering mechanisms, power seat motors, and so on. Tesla has used outside suppliers for a variety of parts.
But you still can't add CarPlay to your Tesla
I go back and forth between the Tesla UI and CarPlay on my wife’s vehicle. The fact you can’t search around the map without using a directional pad feels very archaic with CarPlay.
I'm not even trying to advocate for CarPlay, I just think it's ridiculous that Tesla won't allow it
Not even Apple Music directly despite that Apple has an Android SDK available to developers.But you still can't add CarPlay to your Tesla
The direction pad just appears on older non-capacitive touch screens. I have full touch controls on my CarPlay.
everyone is talking about 'safe driver' stuff with the tesla insurance, meaning the car monitors what you are doing and you get a discount for driving safely or whatever.
is this not in california? i have insurance thru tesla and there's nothing like this in my policy.
is this not in california? i have insurance thru tesla and there's nothing like this in my policy.
Interesting. It’s a full touch screen where the non Apple Maps allows you to move around with a finger on the screen.
The 4680 has never been in production for EVs actually going to customers. You can't have a "shortage" of a future product. You can complain it has taken too long to switch over from the 2170 (which is already ahead of the competition) to the 4680, but a Tesla battery "shortage" does not existTesla has been affected by battery shortages too, e.g.:
Elon Musk delays Telsa's Cybertruck because of battery shortages
Elon Musk confirmed Tesla's Cybertruck will not go into production until sometime next year due to the firm struggling with shortages of its new 4680 battery cell - it needs high volumes of the battery.
What all these have in common is *hardware*. Outsourcing EV software at this point is incompetence.
It's not incompetence. Companies prioritize resources towards what they think is important for them to do "internally" at a given time and outsource other things due to costs, speed, taking advantage of other companies' expertise, etc. There is no need or urgency for automakers to make all of their hardware internally, and the same is true for developing software.
Things may change as the EV market grows and starts to (finally) become more competitive but we're not there yet.
My point being not that GM lets say uses suppliers to do some of the work for them. They all do it and it isn't industry dependent. It's that it gives GM an excuse to deliver a vehicle with a subpar interface because people will just use Carplay instead.
It would be like if Apple shipped the iPhone with a crappy OS because you could plug in a device that has a better OS since Apple enabled, "iPhonePlay". That is what my point was. It's not that the manufactures outsource, it's that it enables them to ship half baked crap. If GM had Apple design an OS for their built in cars systems, fine. No bone to pick there.
The worst part is their agent would say with confidence that the safety score is no longer beta even the word Beta next to the title in the app. really they don't know what they are selling. I'm switching as I'm not enjoying my new tesla.
Yes, I had seen your previous post. My last post regarding "it's not incompetence" was in response to someone else.
If particular automakers have notable customer issues with their vehicle UIs, I think they should outsource to an Apple, Microsoft, Google or whomever to make the experience better. My point and opinion was that there's no need to bring all of that in-house. Most automakers are following more of an Android/Android fork model (which happens to be how most phones are sold) than an iOS-like model.
No one way or UI is going to work well for everybody. Tesla has received plenty of complaints about its UI and UI updates too. Just look at all of the complaints about its most recent update last month.