Apr 19, 2018 5:06:06 PM
- noone1
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Re: Porsche Mission E...the future of Porsche?
CGX car nut:Agree on Volkswagen and history. When one spoke of testing protocol re: Tesla, documentation isn’t a requirement but seeing physical evidence of product testing in the field, before it is made available to consumers, is helpful. All the major automakers conduct computer based analysis followed with a rigorous test program before the vehicle is offered for sale. This process requires millions and millions of past and current CapEx, yet there is no evidence that Tesla has made that investment.
For example, on the Model 3, Tesla recently released an OTA update that enabled rear seat heating. It appears that all Model 3s produced were constructed with the heating elements in the rear seats, yet it took nearly nine months of production time for the software to enable that feature. What else isn’t complete? This may seem minor; however Tesla didn’t include controls for the rear seat passengers. Those rear seat heaters only operate from the central display panel.
Final point on the subject. About thirty years ago, the foremost business writer in Japan wrote “The Honda Myth” describing the early days of Honda Motors. Honda understood engines but not the other systems of an automobile. As a result, Japan’s regulatory agencies almost put Honda out of business several times in the 1960s. Ford entered the picture with a joint venture with Honda to develop clean engine technologies after the adoption of the Clean Air Act of 1970. Ford engineers were so appalled by Honda’s lack of standards and procedures that they sent Honda their protocols, at that time, dozens of hardcopy volumes. Honda utilized that information to improve its process and procedures as Ford was being strangled by the McNamara Whiz Kids in Finance.
Musk continues to demonstrate his overbearing personality through micromanagement and “first principles” technobabble that excite his many cultists, but these actions are irreversibly harming the potential of the company. SpaceX is a great company, in part, because Musk isn’t meddling in it on a daily basis.
How about you actually post evidence of all the massive problems this has caused Tesla rather than assume their cars are so inherently flawed due to lack of testing? Maybe the reality is that technology has proven we don't need to do stuff like we did in 1970.
I don't see them breaking down everywhere, owners are happy, they're getting good reviews, people want them. What else matters?