03-01-2023, 11:58 AM
Carnos Jax wrote:
[quote=]New Toyota CEO, with eye on Tesla, plots next-gen EV platform push. Grudging admiration for Tesla helps reinforce a stark realization at Toyota. For all its expertise in electrification going back to the first Prius hybrid, Toyota needs a great leap forward for the new era of full electrics.
https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/h...-about-evs
There are many that still think Tesla quality sucks (I keep hearing this claim repeated), but most familiar with Tesla know this not to be true.
Tesla quality is inconsistent. Every time this subject is raised with mention of a new defect, fanboys keep saying that the body-panel-fit problems have been solved. It's not always about the body panels.
Tesla post-sales service is non-existent.
Tesla's designs were once cutting-edge, but are rapidly approaching obsolescence.
Tesla's tablet-controls are insanely stupid, dangerous, and infuriating.
Tesla has been using their customers as Guinea pigs to test their robotic driving controls, putting lives at risk.
Some of these things were (perhaps) forgivable in a startup. Not in a mainstream auto-manufacturer.
This is a bad time for their CEO to be out playing with his new toys instead of running the company. It puts the future of the company into question as those with more experience at bringing successful vehicles to market catch up and speed past them on the tech, but without the safety, service, and drivability baggage.