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Old 04-18-2020, 03:52 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0 View Post
I have been watching a few of Monroe's videos on the Model Y teardown. Overall, he seems to be very impressed. The car isn't problem free, but he is often giving it praises above anything he has ever seen in the past.

Tesla is designing the cars to last a million miles. Many people would not use a car that long, but if they did accomplish such a thing, it might cannibalize vehicle sales in general, yet this might be the plan all along.
it's not all that different historically from the other car companies, just on a different timeline.

way back, all the automakers did build stuff to last. then around the 50-60's, they realized that 'planned obsolescence' could be spun to their advantage, which helped spur import companies to come into the market later and easily be a higher quality.. of which, they're still fighting somewhat today, though all companies have come leaps and bounds with all of it.
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