when I first saw all the new features and the FW doors I knew they were going to be a warranty nightmare. Now that premonition is becoming reality. I'm not a short but I think Tesla should cancel or delay the X and focus on the 100's of thousands of 3 they have on reserve. I want the company to survive and if they have to have a model S in hand for every X because they are constantly being worked on it doesn't bode well.
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aesculus
Still Trying to Figure This All Out
It very well could be a specialist type of car. No problem with that.
Different set of people involved in Model X and Model III right now so no interference except perhaps with EM. In a year or so that will not be the case and they will need all hands on deck worrying about the Model III
Different set of people involved in Model X and Model III right now so no interference except perhaps with EM. In a year or so that will not be the case and they will need all hands on deck worrying about the Model III
I'm thinking they are going to need all those hands much sooner due to the incredible amount of 3 reservations at which point spending resources on a losing proposition might make it unacceptable to management, board, stock owners.
Disagree completely. I think they need to solve the issues and deliver the X models that have been and will be ordered. I think MX has the potential to be a bigger success than MS, and certainly the flagship of the line. In this it is critically important.
That said, how do you feel about them scuttling the FW feature and going with normal doors? I think it would be a mistake, but not as big a mistake as canceling the line like you're proposing.
rolosrevenge
Dr. EVS
If they were to cancel the X, it would undermine confidence in the 3 reservations. I think they'll work out their issues soon enough.
Skotty
2014 S P85 | 2023 F-150L
Can you imagine the endless waves of bad press and hate posting they would receive if they ended up scrapping the Model X? They just need to FIX IT!
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Super_Popular
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Every day I'm amazed by the "ideas" thrown at the wall around here. Did you really want to see if "cut your losses, abandon Model X" was going to stick? The CEO has already said "hubris", "most difficult car to produce", "probably no one should have tried to make this car" etc. (sorry for the paraphrasing). To "cut its losses" now means: produce the very high profit margin car you have developed, in volume, enabling the Model 3.
Skotty
2014 S P85 | 2023 F-150L
I keep reading this over and over and it sounds thoughtful, but I still can't figure out what it means or whose side you are on. You, my friend, might have a bright future in politics.
Ha! That's what my wife says. Not nearly ambitious enough though.
I was trying to say that the X is part of the master plan that is well under way, and being carried out amazingly well, leading to the mass market 3, but was maybe a bit too ambitious on their part, and they realize that now. It won't be dropped, it will be amazing! Better?
ModelXBoy
No More Door Captain of TMC! Oh Yeah Baby!
Model X is what Tesla innovation is all about. Model S is great but it's only an electric car with longer range, nothing else. Sooner or later people will catch up or just use Tesla open patent. But Model X is what Tesla is known for Innovation! Without X, there won't be Model 3. Without X, far fewer people will jump on the electric car including myself. Without X, I will not buy a Tesla! But this is not the case, Elon personally is driving a Model X and he puts most of his energy in Model X. Model X is Tesla's flagship car, not Model S. The amount of new innovations and technologies that went into the Model X is what Tesla need to progress into the future. Not just the first to do electric vehicle.
Skotty
2014 S P85 | 2023 F-150L
I disagree.
Model S had and still has plenty of innovation.
Model X has sucked out a lot of R&D resources for little profit, so may actually have delayed Model 3.
The Model X may also have undercut confidence in Tesla, not only because of the quality and delay issues, but because of Elon Musk's inability to limit the scope of the car. Remember that the secret master plan is a sequence of ever more affordable cars, not the opposite.
Also, your preference for the X does not mean it is essential to the company nor people in general.
Now that the Model X is out there, I think the best strategy for Tesla is to iron out the remaining quality issues (of which there seems to several).
And most importantly: Learn from the mistakes, and keep the Model 3 simple and on schedule.
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This is the best solution for the company to save face but it will be the costliest. In my original thread I mentioned the X is going to be a warranty nightmare, once the warranty is over it's going to be a repair nightmare. If this is the case expect used values to be on the low side once warranty is over.
anticitizen13.7
Not posting at TMC after 9/17/2018
Model 3 production in the quantities that Tesla wants (100's of thousands per year) is not possible without the Gigafactory. While Model X may not be enabling Model 3 right now, it is likely not the limiting factor.
Since 2012/2013, I have projected Model 3 as reaching mass production in 2018.
This would be foolish.
The amount of money and personnel required to fix any issues pales in comparison to the money already spent on design, engineering, and manufacturing. It would be similar to tearing down a house because the front door is the wrong color.
The setback of canceling the X would harm eventual sales of the Model 3 and in no way would speed up availability.
The first model year of a new car always has a higher rate of issues, especially if it is a brand new model.
How the company responds to those issues determines success or failure of the model.
So far, Tesla seems to be responding pretty well.
Discontinuing the Model X now would be a very bad idea. One that could sink the company.
1) Sales of Model Xs are necessary to make the Model 3. The X has a huge profit margin and not all Xs have problems. They can afford to have the problem cars come back in and do some recalls without burning through the profit margin.
2) One thing Tesla has to prove every day is that they are a reliable company that's going to be there for the long haul. Canceling the X would badly hurt consumer confidence in the brand.
3) Canceling the X would destroy the stock price and without the sales from the X, it would make it even more difficult to raise the money for making the Model 3.
4) The Model S had a plethora of problems early on. What they are selling now is the car with the bugs worked out. The Model X will get there. The X is probably more reliable in its first year than the S was. People have an impression the X is a turkey because there is more media attention now, and the new wave of buyers aren't the early adopters the early S buyers were and they want Toyota quality on a car that has only been built in the low thousands so far.
Tesla needs to stay the course and work out the problems with the X. It's the only course that keeps Tesla in business.
1) Sales of Model Xs are necessary to make the Model 3. The X has a huge profit margin and not all Xs have problems. They can afford to have the problem cars come back in and do some recalls without burning through the profit margin.
2) One thing Tesla has to prove every day is that they are a reliable company that's going to be there for the long haul. Canceling the X would badly hurt consumer confidence in the brand.
3) Canceling the X would destroy the stock price and without the sales from the X, it would make it even more difficult to raise the money for making the Model 3.
4) The Model S had a plethora of problems early on. What they are selling now is the car with the bugs worked out. The Model X will get there. The X is probably more reliable in its first year than the S was. People have an impression the X is a turkey because there is more media attention now, and the new wave of buyers aren't the early adopters the early S buyers were and they want Toyota quality on a car that has only been built in the low thousands so far.
Tesla needs to stay the course and work out the problems with the X. It's the only course that keeps Tesla in business.
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