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No. The goal, as I understand it, is to have cars come out like Hot Wheels cars, so every new GF will be closer to that goal.I've got the impression (perhaps incorrectly) that each new GF, Singapore, Berlin, Austin are to a large extent fresh factory level designs. When they reach the point of needing to open 3 - 4 new factories each year, wouldn't it make sense to standardize the GF design for each new group of factories? Wouldn't that save some time needed to build each group of factories, as well as reduce the ramping time? We now know the amount of time needed to ramp current unique design factories is substantial. If a group of factories were essentially identical, once the first one has gone through it's ramp, wouldn't the time for the identical ones to ramp be less?
100 GWh of new cells, and more Megapacks, all the ducks seem to be lining up for a rapid acceleration of the mission, provided we can get that Lithium duck in line.
For one example I read Tesla is installing MYLR rear brakes on MYP rears and putting red plastic covers on them.I heard that and it makes me pretty curious about what changes they will end up making. Maybe slightly smaller motors and acceleration? My MYLR has more power than I really need, if they could shave $200 - 500 off the price and ship the same vehicle slightly slower they should, particularly if they could noodle a couple more miles of range out of it.
I suggest you find better sources in that case.For one example I read Tesla is installing MYLR rear brakes on MYP rears and putting red plastic covers on them.
I also saw reports about that. Was it a non-issue?I suggest you find better sources in that case.
Sources look good to me, so do the savings. Rear brakes aren't as important as fronts.I suggest you find better sources in that case.
Yep that Lithium refinery is very important.Let's be clear: per Elon's comments, there is PLENTY of lithium. the shortage is in refining capacity for Lithium hydroxide (LIOH). That's why Tesla is buiding a new lithium refinery* in Corpus Christie, Texas as we speak.
This is also why Tesla passed up on potentially million$ in tax relief in order to accelerate the county permiting process by a mere 2 weeks. They mean business!
Tesla removes tax relief request for new $375M facility | Spectrum Local News, Austin, TX (Jan 05, 2023)
Git'er'dun!
This is also how we know that the new* "Die shop" at Giga Texas is not for Direct lithium extraction (DLE) process as suggested by patreons of TX drone pilot Joe Tegtmeyer:
What is the “Die Shop”? Let’s discuss & speculate together! 15 January 2023 Giga Texas Update | Joe Tegtmeyer
Tesla would not build a separate plant to duplicate the step planned for Corpus Christie. Further, the new building at Giga Texas is way too small to be a lithium refinery.
Simplist answer is that this "Die shop" will make the tools'n'dies needed for the calendaring rollers used right next door at the new Cathode Plant. This instantly solves the issue Drew Baglino reported in Q1 2022 of denting the calendaring rollers when the process is scaled to full-size. They'll brute-force the issue as required in order to...
Git'er'dun!
You should have me as a friend instead. I have my entire ROTH in TSLA, with the latest backdoor conversion happened in the last few weeks!I feel (bad)
I have a friend who put his entire IRA into F, GM, and Toyoda....
I warned him.
I told him I knew Elon, I mean @ZeApelido ... and he was making a mistake.
He said F Elon... he isn’t watching the assembly line. He is too busy making babies .
I even gave him @Gigapress cell phone # to get the real facts... /s. didn't work.
Guess you can't fix stupid ...
I know not everyone can charge at home, but they certainly don’t have a gas pump there.I feel the people who short Tesla are like my friends who doubt the idea of buying an EV / Tesla. Or become "hangry" whenever I have to supercharge on road trips if we take the Tesla because people who drive gas cars will become infuriated that a Tesla cannot get back on the road as fast as a gas car. Even if you tell them they should eat food while they charge, they may not accept the idea because they only want In n Out and won't settle for Carls Jr. Even though I tell them supercharging low cost is like getting free food.
Gas car enthusiasts keep saying that they don't like the idea of charging because it's slow. This is the only thing holding EV adoption back is these people who keep doubting EVs due to their slow refueling time. I am hoping one day we have higher capacity battery or faster charging time to the point the most reluctant gas owner will give in and get an EV.
Agree, and most of the increase in vehicle numbers are likely to be smaller vehicles lower down the price range. Presumably each new factory for these super high volume vehicles will be designed to produce far more vehicles per year than Shanghai or Texas; I doubt they will need to have more than 1-2 per continent.No. The goal, as I understand it, is to have cars come out like Hot Wheels cars, so every new GF will be closer to that goal.
By the way, I found it interesting that it wasn’t Elon saying the cars have too much power and we could scale it back for cost reduction. It was Drew and he said it by referencing detailed data they had, almost as if they had to convince someone else in the room who historically has always pushed for more power and faster cars. Maybe I’m reading too much into this, but it sure seemed to me like Drew was taking a data driven product management approach to vehicle design rather than what has happened in the past, which was that Elon heavily influenced design decisions. To me, it sounded like a baton was being passed at that moment.
Now that I re-read the quote, Drew might not have been talking about vehicle power, but instead saying they could build the same powertrain with cheaper components. Well, I guess we’ll see.
So over the course of 2023, on the powertrain side, we're actually going to go after sort of some materials where we're paying for more performance than we need or we have more content than we need without impacting reliability at all.
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I think you completely misunderstood Drew's point. He was talking about over engineered parts that could be optimized now that they're si operating history. It has nothing to do with 'vehicle design' and everything to do with reducing weight, complexity and unneeded mass.By the way, I found it interesting that it wasn’t Elon saying the cars have too much power and we could scale it back for cost reduction. ...data driven product management approach to vehicle design rather than what has happened in the past, which was that Elon heavily influenced design decisions. To me, it sounded like a baton was being passed at that moment.
Now that I re-read the quote, Drew might not have been talking about vehicle power, but instead saying they could build the same powertrain with cheaper components. Well, I guess we’ll see.
I cannot find the quotation right now although I remember Elon saying that the Mattel car building process inspired him to dream to what became Gigapress. I recall that he had similar comments about Cybertruck at the reveal.No. The goal, as I understand it, is to have cars come out like Hot Wheels cars, so every new GF will be closer to that goal.
Press on the button at the bottom of the screen to send a message to service and ask if they can combine the appointmentsThis is not been my experience at all. Their proprietary approach to service has only caused delays and incompetence. They are finally coming next week, allegedly, because it usually gets pushed to fix my passenger restraint system. The price has gone up $20 since last fall when they didn’t have the parts.
This is the service appointment for my girlfriends Tesla, to come and flip the cabin view camera. It’s amazing that this was not caught during Tesla’s QA. We did not know till the new in cabin view was available on the app. I’m sure it didn’t affect the safety score.
A normal person would try to schedule both service visits at the same time. Since they are coming to the same house twice in a week. Not sure how I can do this with Tesla.
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I somewhat agree and took some profits again yesterday. Hopefully I'll never get the chance to buy them back at a lower price.I don’t always agree with this poster, but do share this sentiment…
I cannot find the quotation right now although I remember Elon saying that the Mattel car building process inspired him to dream to what became Gigapress. I recall that he had similar comments about Cybertruck at the reveal.