[The Antiyuppie]

An auto site I read a lot had an expert who analyzes competing auto designs for auto manufacturers interviewed. After taking apart a Tesla, he thought that the electronics was years ahead of others, but the manufacturing maturity of Tesla was approximately that of Kia at the beginning of this century. Not terrible, but well below most others today.

[HonkyTonkMan]

Interesting take and I can certainly see that. Tesla was doing OTA (over the air) updates long before others. I think quality problems can hamper their lead and allow the "bigs" to catch up.

Conversely, Tesla has billions to invest....can they shorten the "learning" curve on quality issues faster than than the competition can achieve parity.

[MNJohnnie]

That is a good point