Tesla

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Slowly we have to think even more about our work, because lately our pages have been too much about Tesla. This brand seems to polarize a lot and thus constantly push itself to the fore.
At the annual meeting with investors, everyone who has anything to do with e-mobility is sure to get in touch. It's just a pity that one can immediately distinguish between bitter proponents and their counterparts.
This chapter will surely bring joy to the latter. It is completely pointless to emphasize that we also see the good sides at Tesla. This is about an alleged highlight of the company, namely the GigaCast process, e.g. a complete
front end (without planking) in one piece.
If you watch the video above, you too will probably find it impressive how thin certain sections were printable, so thin that they even tear very easily, but this does not impress the overall construction.
From the outset we had reservations about the method of producing the entire substructure of the front and rear end as one part using the die-casting process, no matter how good and strong the press is and the savings in
production costs are immediately obvious to everyone.
Tesla can talk about luck that there are staged airbags, because the shock that is passed on to the passenger compartment in the event of a collision is certainly higher than with a welded together laminated sheet package
in front. Just look at the solid beams, nothing folds together there.
But that's also no longer the case with the now mass-produced front ends. What is surprising, however, is once again the consistent approach at Tesla. It should obviously be a part from or including the bulkhead to the
fenders.
And that's where the problem seems to lie. Already a not particularly hard blow to the outer skin here seems to break the holder underneath. And now? The fender is probably easy to replace, but the holder is one piece with
the front end substructure.
And that's where the problem seems to lie. Already a not particularly hard blow to the outer skin here seems to break the holder underneath. And now? The fender is probably easy to replace, but the holder is one piece with
the front end substructure.
Do you want to replace the entire substructure of the front end because of a thick dent in the fender? What do you think the insurance companies say about this? In what price dimensions does the type class for fully
comprehensive cover go then, if anyone still offers such insurance?
The man in the video above tried his best. A well-trained welder, but he met his match with this Tesla model. If that should be Tesla quality, which this company always insists on and with these criteria it certifies workshops
as body shops?
No, nothing against the welding work, but rather impossible at this point. Why, that holds yet. Sure, but have you ever thought that this spot might need to be repaired a second time? At some point the holder is so bungled up
that you have to replace everything.
But can you imagine Tesla offering a spare part in return? Are there any cut surfaces to see where this could be attached in any way? The company will probably be forced to provide something like this at some point and offer
appropriate partial solutions.
But the owner of this expensive car should be satisfied with half the way to a reasonable solution. Typical Tesla, always on the lookout, but often even with vehicles that have been delivered to customers.
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