I am no expert in car manufacturing, but the spreadsheet indicates that production has stalled. Many of the forum members are focused on their delayed delivery, but seem to overlook the dearth of new cars currently entering production. I don't think that this can be explained by any of the previously suggested causes, such as missing/ill-fitting seats, unavailable window stickers, or initial robotic misalignment. Window stickers, for example, are available as documented by Aargau's photo. The seat company has been in business for more than 100 years and knows how to provide a high quality product. We also know that Tesla can successfully build the P85D, as they have shown during the demo event, however, these vehicles were most likely assembled by hand, at least as it related to the front motor.
Could the initial respectable number of cars entering production during the first week, but not during the second week and the unusually long production time of greater than 2 weeks mean that these vehicles are clogging the line since they have to be assembled, at least in part, by hand, instead of the usual automated process?
Do we have any proof that this is not a problem of scaling up production due to technical problems with the assembly of the front motor, for example? Maybe some experts in automotive manufacturing could chime in.
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