HitchHiker71
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I think you're on the right track here IMHO. Tesla has been busy driving down production costs with the above listed manufacturing technologies and techniques. The core S/X platforms are aging now, and while they are a sunk cost (hence their ability to lower costs and still make profits on these older models), I think Tesla may eventually do the same thing that other brands have done - design and build a new luxury platform for a luxury sedan and CUV/SUV. The cost savings by using gigacasting and a structural pack would allow Tesla to use higher quality interior materials and sound deadening along with offering premium features like the air suspension for example, but would basically require a complete ground up effort from both a design and manufacturing perspective. This would also result in Tesla being able to price these models at lower price points compared to the competition - hopefully garnering more market share in the process - especially in the luxury segments.I’d love to hear an argument for the order of the following being added to the S…
What else is an obvious, big addition?
- 48v
- Megacasting
- Structural battery pack
This obviously has not been Tesla's focus to date - so it'd be a shift - and that's why I said may above. If Tesla somehow actually manages to get FSD into the real world - i.e. not beta - real world autonomous driving I mean - and starts producing the robotaxi - I'm not sure at that point they would have any real motivation to produce a line of luxury vehicles as TaaS would start to take hold - but that's really more theory right now than reality, so only time will tell. If FSD doesn't make the leap into real autonomous driving, then I think something along this line would actually be possible within the next few years. The newer manufacturing and alpha design build techniques allow Tesla to take a platfrom from the drawing board to early production in roughly 18 months now - so I'm doubling that number with the three year guestimate.
We are MY LR owners and while I currently have a CT reservation, I'm not sure I really want or need another pickup type vehicle - I'm seriously considering a MX LR or MXP instead - since they can still tow 5k lbs and really all I need to be able to tow is a small flatbed trailer for yard refuse and moving furniture and other household stuff around on occasion. Worst case I can just rent a uHaul box trailer and tow it when needed. I used to be somewhat of a speed demon earlier in my life and I have to admit the MXP (Plaid) is attractive with this in mind.
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