I can vaguely remember a reference in a book regarding trying to develop space travel without having cracked subsistence agriculture first.
Tesla is a bit like that, they've got no idea of the process around "designing and making a car", most the people they've recruited who actually know the process and framework have been shouted down or sacked for holding things up. Mainly pointing out that you need to do X, Y and Z to make the car a) safe, b) legal and c) not cost an utter shitload in warranty.
Next stage is either a chairman who can keep control of Musk and the company and they'll come through this ok or a chairman who can't, and they'll continue to fall apart.
I have a model 3 for most of the next two weeks to play with. The model X i had in the spring (5 or 6 weeks old) had already got 2 permanently lit warning lights. Three or four of the toggle switches were hanging off, the gull wing doors were limping towards failure and one of the self popping door handles didn't pop consistently anymore. The model S isn't much better.
Tesla is a bit like that, they've got no idea of the process around "designing and making a car", most the people they've recruited who actually know the process and framework have been shouted down or sacked for holding things up. Mainly pointing out that you need to do X, Y and Z to make the car a) safe, b) legal and c) not cost an utter shitload in warranty.
Next stage is either a chairman who can keep control of Musk and the company and they'll come through this ok or a chairman who can't, and they'll continue to fall apart.
I have a model 3 for most of the next two weeks to play with. The model X i had in the spring (5 or 6 weeks old) had already got 2 permanently lit warning lights. Three or four of the toggle switches were hanging off, the gull wing doors were limping towards failure and one of the self popping door handles didn't pop consistently anymore. The model S isn't much better.
