IMO, this is where the Model 2 or whatever it will be called will be built.
Mexican president says Tesla will build a new plant in Mexico
Tesla will build a new plant in Monterrey, Mexico, and adhere to a series of commitments to address water scarcitywww.cnbc.com
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I am pretty sure they are not using a 1.5mm cooling hose, or even a 3.5mm hose. Probably meant cm.My favorite part (almost no part).
"Even small things such as the powertrain cooling hose surprised Toyota, which Tesla shrunk from 3.5mm to 1.5mm while at the same time using a cheaper material to produce them."
(I was going to post this, but got to talking about Chuck Berry with someone here.)
One of my gripes about Tesla supporting CCS was the fact that it meant other drivers would potentially have a better network of chargers than we do. They would have all the CCS network, plus all the Tesla network.FYI: Model S and X owners can now schedule an appointment for CCS retrofit for $450 and that includes the $175 adapter as well. Model 3/Y owners need to wait a bit longer till mid-2023. It still surprises me that Tesla upgrades 10 year old vehicles, I can't easily think of any other manufacturer that does that.
Tesla Announces Price for CCS Retrofit; Allowing You to Charge at More Chargers
Tesla now offers CCS adapter retrofit pricing, allowing Tesla owners to access third-party CCS charging networks and travel long distances more easily.
No shipping is one thing, Lead Time is also king, but wages... I had no idea!!! Not sure how taxes/rebates pan out, but I doubt it matters. I'm beginning to think this is going to be a $15K-$20K car. If TSLA does dip on Wed, better get it while you can!
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Unless they meant the hose thickness (much lower temperature delta and pressure requirements than an ICE radiator). Agreed it's not a 1.5mm diameter.
Tesla owners will likely always be better off. Tesla, as far as I can tell from the announcement, is only planning to open about 10% of the Supercharger network in the US.
Oh good catch, was from 2 different queries yes. I set the date range to within 1 month, and just picked it off the top Google response. A buck seemed quite low. However, there was a disclaimer that it's spotty depending on regions, so extremes perhaps.
I think that sentence means the average manufacturing wage in Mexico is higher. It’s probably not minimum wage work.
Maybe, but I'm confused.
Not necessarily. Remember the profit out of Chinese factory is not necessarily out of reduced labor expenses, but due to very high productivity. Close to $1M cars a year. It is highly unlikely the Mexican factory would be close that level of productivity.
I hope you are right, and I am proved wrong. But I doubt it.
If it's not, Elon will be sleeping on the factory floor until it is.
I think he's right... Mexicans work very hard. Yes, China can move quickly and repeat exactly, but if the process is clear and controlled, Mexico will be fine. It's a known fact that Mexico also makes some of the best Fender guitars, just as good as China, maybe better than USA. We might have to make sure they don't use salt water to mix the concrete, but Mexicans are hardest working people I've ever met.
One of the many reasons for Mexico is that the Mexico treaty with Mercosur allows significant duty-free auto imports. That permits cheap entry to Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Assuming Tesla also buys Sigma, that establishes a basis for even more attractive tradeoffs, previously employed most effectively by Mercedes Benz and Boeing, both of which have benefitted from adept use of these trade benefits. This subject has been mostly ignored at TMC, but it is of huge consequence to Tesla now as scale increases.
