That most of them – two thirds of them – will probably need their guts replaced before they reach 60,000 miles. It ought to shutter Tesla’s doors. Crater “sales.†But people – some people – will continue to “buy†(air quotes used because when someone else is “helping†you pay for your purchase – against their will – it is not really a “sale†and you are not really “buyingâ€).
The Yugo was a FIAT. They sold the production machines and all to Yugoslavia when they discontinued the model. Even FIAT didn’t want it any more........................
So driving in “Insane Mode” and doing 0-60 in 2.9 seconds means you will need a new car in less than a year?
Great.....Sounds like a deal.
no shock to engineers here.
Tesla has no more business being in business than Yugo.
Which isn’t anymore.
So why is Tesla?
Because political correctness, crony capitalism, and a hallucinatory desire to believe in a mirage; to refuse to admit that what you think you see in the distance isn’t actually there; that your mind isn’t playing tricks on you.
But then, the Yugo was just a bad car.
The Tesla is a bad electric car, and the electric part effaces the bad part. Electric cars can do no wrong, to an extent that is quite literally unbelievable. Unless you’ve seen it, and then you will believe.
Think I’m exaggerating?
Ok, how’s this:
An extremely embarrassing story broke the other day that two-thirds of Tesla drivetrains - their electric motors, specifically - are destined to require replacement before the cars reach 60,000 miles. This according to an independently commissioned Weibull Reliability Engineering Resources analysis of actual Tesla failure rates and customer reported problems to date (see here).
Two-thirds.
Before 60,000 miles roll by.
Let it roll around in your mouth for a little bit.
How’s it taste?
Lemony, perhaps?
It is inconceivable that any normal car company could survive such a revelation. The likely, the near-inevitable failure of the car’s very heart, the thing that makes it go? If a third of new Chevrolets needed a new engine before 60,000 miles elapsed, Chevrolet would not be selling cars at all.
But two-thirds of them?
People would be rioting.
And the government would be ululating the regulatory equivalent of allah akbar. Yet the government is silent. No outraged congress cretins are holding press conferences, demanding hearings.
Solely and only because these Teslas are a protected class of car, the affirmative action hires of the automotive world.
That's a great line.
Chevrolet DID sell a car that the engine wore out in less than 60k miles. It was the Vega and a disaster for Chevrolet.
Without coal to charge these toys, might as well get a horse. But keep letting Obama kill coal...its for Al Gore.
* Millennials can't afford cars (Obamacare, all the mess of the last 7 years if not longer)
* They'd rather ride a bike or do nothing at all.
* What does that portend to an industry regardless of these cars powertrains, aka it's long term survivability.
* Add to this Obama's insane fuel requirements.
* This is driving manufacturers to employ exotic technologies that are typically only used in high end racing to meet these requirements.
* It is no wonder why millennials have just shrugged to all of it...
There’s a couple of Tesla “fan boys” here at FR. Wish I could remember their name, but would almost pay money to here their response to this debacle.
The stock price sure is doing well considering this revelation.
Egon Musk (SP?) reminds me of a Bond movie villain.
“....but they drove with pride....”