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Musk: Well, I don't want to get suppliers mad at me, but some of them are some pretty big name suppliers and you think, "How the heck can this big-name supplier not get their **** together?" and I call the CEO and he's like, "I promise I'll get my **** together," and I'm like, "Your **** is not together." It's quite vexing.
"So I was like, this doesn't seem right, this is off by like three millimeters." - Elon
Regarding panel fit...Guess we're not the only ones obsessing over the gaps
Regarding panel fit...
3 millimeters is a lot
If he was talking about 0.3 or 0.03 millimeters, then we'd be in Audi/BMW territory IIRC.
Since each car is literally like 98 percent new. Usually, when people say it's the all-new blah-blah-blah, whatever car, that's bullshit. 40 percent of that car, if not 60 percent of that car, if coming from some parts bin. In our case, two percent is coming from the parts bin. There are some Mercedes components, like the steering column and the light switches and some of the internal bits but, literally, 98 percent is totally new, the components are in nothing else on earth. So, of the 98 percent new stuff, 90 percent of those components, no problem, we can scale up to high-volume immediately. Five of those are slightly problematic. Two percent are problematic and one percent are really problematic and causing us headaches. Putting it all together and making sure you assemble this incredibly complex puzzle in the right way, is tricky.
Regarding panel fit...
3 millimeters is a lot
If he was talking about 0.3 or 0.03 millimeters, then we'd be in Audi/BMW territory IIRC.
Roughly, yes.Isn't 3mm about .1 inches?
Roughly, yes.
Edward Loh said:* For all Audi products including the R8, manufacturing tolerances cannot exceed 0.1 mm. To ensure this high standard, Audi employs laser measuring, x-ray, and computerized tomography (CT) technology — including the largest CT scanner in the world, capable of checking an entire A8 chassis.
Isn't 3mm about .1 inches?
Isn't 3mm about .1 inches?
Occasionally, somebody's a super-hardass and they want to drive for like six hours and wear diapers or something, I guess that's not our target market.
Lets see if we can scrape together any more yet-unknown info...
ABG: Where do you see the Superchagers being built?
Musk: Places where there's pretty good food available. Existing highway rest stops. So you just park, plug it in, go grab a bite to eat and a coffee and you're on your way.
Tolerance merely means that the most one car can differ from another is 0.1 mm. That quote does not suggest that the panel gap is less than 0.1 mm.