Tesla boss Elon Musk admits car quality flaws, says mass production is "hell"

[My Pet Orangutan]

Tesla CEO and founder Elon Musk has admitted the production quality, panel fit, and finish of his cars has at times been hit and miss, describing vehicle mass-production as “hell”.

In a rare interview – and the first with automotive industry veteran and vehicle “tear-down” expert Sandy Munro –Musk was surprisingly candid about where Tesla could make improvements and promised the company would do better as it matured and ramped up production to a more stable level.

On the YouTube channel hosted by Sandy Munro – a former manufacturing expert with big name car companies who now runs a business which pulls apart cars to find out how much they cost to manufacture and how they were built – the interview with Musk starts with a nervous comment from Munro about build quality, and the backlash he received from Tesla fanatics.

fter Munro described an example of a Tesla Model 3 having different panel gaps on each side of the car, Musk said candidly: “I thought your criticisms were accurate”.

https://autocenter.com.au/tesla-boss-elon-musk-admits-car-quality-flaws-says-mass-production-is-hell/

[judeling]

1. Munro is now a Tesla fan

There has been an interesting turn around with Sandy. He was a strong critic of Tesla but over time he has shifted as Tesla has gotten better. He has never been a critic of Tesla's underlying technology which he always felt was industry leading, but their manufacturing was always open to criticism. But over the last couple of years that has altered and he is now of the opinion that Tesla is getting a real handle on it.

This of course makes total sense and something we have seen repeatedly. Imports were always looked as cheap until they got a handle on manufacturing. That has now become a big part of Tesla's focus and they are now becoming one of the best manufacturing companies in the world.

Others will be catching up but for now Tesla is headed in the correct direction.