Creator failed to point out that one of the challenges of large castings is they need to be made without the need for heat treating. Heat treating a large casting leads to warping, i.e., the potato chip effect, no two are the same. With the cooperation of a SpaceX metallurgical engineer Tesla developed their own aluminum alloy for casting that does not require heat treating. Also, in addition to the reduction in parts, there is a significant reduction in the number of robots required for welding stamped parts together.
@Chad_MaxАй бұрын
And yet the build quality sucks…
@straighttalk2069Ай бұрын
@@Chad_Max Haters will Hate 😎
@evmike71Ай бұрын
@@Chad_Max I've owned a Model 3 and currently a Model Y. Build quality has been excellent on both.
@patriksteffan2060Ай бұрын
@@Chad_Max On some in the US. Not on the ones made outside the US. Also, this part is under the skin. The Tesla in the US has a problem consistently and with quality making the car assembled, but the parts itself does not follow this problem.
@user-cw9em3mo3wАй бұрын
@@Chad_Max Sandy Munro says the quality matches legacy autos and so does CareSoft they do Benchmarking analysis .legacy auto is fuked
@ColinFoxАй бұрын
They didn't mention that the aluminum cast rejects can be re-melted and shot again. You cannot do the same thing with steel and aluminum stamping, since the factory uses rolls of sheet steel and aluminum and does not have the capability to create another roll of metal, whereas they DO have the ability to melt down aluminum and re-use it.
@ShagwyreАй бұрын
A positive Tesla video😲, oh my times have changed
@jermgАй бұрын
Well it’s about its engineering, not its CEO.
@JaceTranАй бұрын
@@jermgat least CNBC forgot about politics this time
@gozlemspinacciАй бұрын
@@JaceTran cnbc was always positive on tesla.
@DesturelАй бұрын
Most videos that focus on technology from Tesla are positive. It's the videos that focus on the business and marketing aspects that are generally less positive.
@shepherdsknollАй бұрын
The light bulb has slowly lit up at CNBC, what retail investors saw ten years ago, CNBC is just starting to realize.
@kemollenАй бұрын
Weird that CNBC haven’t made this video the last 2-3 years because for Tesla this is oooooold news.
@1943vermorkАй бұрын
I would say it’s more pushing past 5 years old news.
@jbbuzzableАй бұрын
To some people this is old news, but many don't have a clue.
@1943vermorkАй бұрын
@@jbbuzzable yup, the media is to blame. The reason is CNBC and others receive millions in advertising revenue from legacy car manufacturers. So don’t bite the hand feeding you and if possible make the one “Tesla” not buying advertisement suffer from an orchestrated negative campaign. Did you noticed we barely hear about recalls affecting Ford, GM, Jeep, Chrysler? Btw, most car reviewers do the same.
@fcv1967Ай бұрын
Most people don't know who Sandy Munro is, or insert other popular EV/Tesla people. Most people have never driven an EV yet. So many people don't understand the advantages because they haven't test driven one yet. Unfortunately, many of these people have formed opinions based on politics and media about EVs. And then they just parrot whatever negativity they hear (as if it were their own thought or experience).
@jackred2362Ай бұрын
Chapter 1 + 2, is for catchup. Chapter 3 is the news. Watch the whole video. It's true Tesla is now slowing down on Gigacasting, because of some downsides.
@PhongNguyen-nz9kzАй бұрын
This video fail to tell you that the scrap pieces can be reused as molten metal. It’s not all doom and gloom on the scraps.
@Robert-cu9bmАй бұрын
That's all metal in a car
@kenmore01Ай бұрын
True, but it costs extra to re-melt it and lower yield.
@evildrizzt1Ай бұрын
Indeed we know how casting works. 😅
@user-cw9em3mo3wАй бұрын
@@kenmore01 I'm sure you have to melt steel scraps too, 😂
@user-cw9em3mo3wАй бұрын
@@kenmore01 aluminum melts at a lower temp than steel,there are 10 yr old Ford pickups with aluminum bodies that look as the day they came out the factory and rusty GM steel pickups of the same year.
@mcarrusaАй бұрын
This process gives-rise to the $40,000 dent repair, we have seen in some vids (rivian being the most infamous one). I don’t know if they’re using gigacasting, but the reason why the dent repair was $40,000 is because, even for a fist sized dent next to the tailgate, they had to replace the full right side skin, bumper to bumper. This required full disassembly of all systems on that side of the vehicle …and there were only like five shops in the US that could even do it. The quote came back at $40,000. Painless dent repair guy who did the video did it for about five. It wasn’t factory-fresh, but 98% convincing. A decent trade off for $35k, or having your basically brand new truck totaled by a fist-sized dent.
@cgamigaАй бұрын
lol umm, except that "$40k dent repair" was for Rivian, which doesn't use casting. It was also a bogus quote/very blind estimate that was actually repaired much cheaper (PDR etc)
@AthleticHobo-br4qhАй бұрын
His logic still stands that repairing dents in gigacasts would naturally be much more expensive to fix.
@cgamigaАй бұрын
@@AthleticHobo-br4qh You get dents in (exterior) BODY PANELS. Not (interior) CAST FRAME members! Castings also still have separate crush cans etc on them to absorb front/rear end impacts, w/o damaging the casting itself...
@mcarrusaАй бұрын
@@cgamiga Again, I am speaking only based on the information provided in the video I saw, and a Rivian driver...It's not a gigacasting, I realize...but the way I understand it, the entire side-skin of the car is one stamping (akin to a gigacasting, in that it is one ginormous piece. Hence the reason that to repair it "right" they wanted to disassemble that side of the vehicle and replace the whole side-skin. Which equalled megabucks, obviously. Even if they did go through with it, can you imagine the leaks, bumps-in-the-night, rattles and mis-alignment troubles that truck would have after having half it's soul sucked out?
@markplott4820Ай бұрын
FALSE, you can't ever DENT a Gigacasting. a impact had ZERO effect. the crush cans are REPLACEABLE.
@michaelfulgieri6954Ай бұрын
Can you gigacast a megachad?
@REXae86Ай бұрын
But can a gigachad megacast the megachad?
@rayshawnrayborn6624Ай бұрын
Can a megachad gigacast a terachad?
@teoengchinАй бұрын
No, you can only gigacast a gigachad or megacast a megachad
@KumpelderАй бұрын
@@teoengchin thank you for clarifying
@0ctatr0nАй бұрын
No the double chin always messes it up
@satoshimanabe2493Ай бұрын
Tesla hasn't announced any plans for a "single-piece cast underbody." This would be incompatible with the "unboxed" method they were striving for at the time. It was an incorrect report in the US that was a mistranslation of a Chinese article, which mentioned a "single-piece cast rear underbody." One missing word makes a huge difference.
@missgibsen6767Ай бұрын
Even i can see that Teslas quality control is Bad . Looks like very cheap components and panel gaps are numerous
@markplott4820Ай бұрын
that's FALSE in 2024. Gigacasting allows for PERFECT alignment.
@Jesusisking620Ай бұрын
The casting company is idra group
@buzzlightyear3715Ай бұрын
Idra was 30% owned by the Intesa Sanpaolo Bank, with 70% of the remaining shares acquired by LK Machinery based in HK (aka Chinese)
@CybernaturalАй бұрын
Tesla gigacasting uses a new alloy that has a lower defect rate. Also many are finding repairing a casting isn't that difficult. Welding can work more often than people realise. Although replacing castings may be easier.
@jbbuzzableАй бұрын
If the damage extends to the gigacasting it is likely that there is enough damage to already total the car.
@FrunkensteinVonZipperneckАй бұрын
@@snaplashNo. Tesla designed castings to be repaired in 1/10th the time, at 1/3rd the cost of ICEbergs…😂
@evanmurphy2165Ай бұрын
Welding cast materials is difficult, specialised, and costly to maintain the structural properties of the cast piece. Without preheating and correct post weld heat treatment welding cast materials is difficult - without taking into account warping or movement in the whole part during welding - especially large relatively thin cross section casts. On risk analysis replacement would be safer for the vehicle owner in a crash rather than welding, but this of course is expensive which is why cars with these large cast structures are written off instead of repaired.
@regularjoegamerАй бұрын
@@jbbuzzable Did you see the video? Tesla can fix the casting in house.
@jbbuzzableАй бұрын
@@regularjoegamer Of course. I'm just not sure how often this repair will be needed.
@user-cw9em3mo3wАй бұрын
When the Chinese benchmark a car they go to a Tesla car , not a legacy auto makers car. Two companies they go to are Caresoft and Munro Associates who does COST ANALYSIS to the nuts and bolts of a car, that includes the cost of labor and assembly.
@shobhitdixit991Ай бұрын
Great point! Love it or hate it, Tesla is single handedly changing the traditional car manufacturing. And the traditional car makers are annoyed and don't want to change!
@RayNLAАй бұрын
Shout out to Sandy Munro! We still miss Cory though…
@user-cw9em3mo3wАй бұрын
@@RayNLA we hope he is doing well @ Lucid.
@2Fast4MellowАй бұрын
@@shobhitdixit991 So true, look at the differences between SpaceX and Boeing. Similar to car manufacturers, Musk was starting a catch up race. Traditional car makers already had infrastructure in place, those are 30-50 year investments. That is why Volvo slowly is moving to giga casting, but only for newer models because they have to setup a new production line anyway. Any production process has pro and cons. Besides when was the last time BMW called you to ask if you prefer smaller parts or large casting parts. People like Volk are the problem. They claim to think for their customers. The customer only cares about one thing, price. It is very much possible to replacing an entire underbody might be faster than replacing all individual parts. BYD is also using large casting techniques and it won't be long before Chinese car brands will starting flooding the American market with cheap cars, despite 100% tariffs put in place by the current administration to protect the big 3. Look at the issues Tesla is facing in selling a car without a dealer network. If traditional car companies don't start incorporating many techniques introduced (or made much more known), they will become the new Boeing and be obsolete in 20 to 30 years. The world is changing fast. We at the forefront of the 4th industrial revolution (robotics and AI). Henry Ford started the 2nd revolution with his assembly line. But those were very expensive to build, setup and maintain, so they were introduced slowly. The 3rd revolution came with computers which helped design (CAD), improved calculations and simulations. The 3rd revolution was faster than the 2nd because mainframes were still expensive, so administrative personal could still be taught how to work with computers. Look at how ChatGPT is changing how we work. Yes, it still has many faults, but it main introduction was only in fall 22. Less than two years ago. The rate at which AI is starting to replace low wage jobs is scary and question is if society can keep up. I'm the CEO of an IT firm and all my employees have a paid subscription to ChatGPT. Production output has almost doubled. They do have to check if the provided answers are correct, but they also have to do that if they get answers from Stack Overflow or Reddit. Tesla already wanted to employ many robots in early 2017, but that was too soon. However the vertical integration gamble of Tesla of building almost everything themselves was the main reason why market share of Tesla was still growing during the pandemic. They were hit less hard by the disrupted supply chain. And oh my god, who doesn't remember those first parallel landing of SpaceX. I don't like Musk on a personal level, but I have huge respect how he is changing the world with Tesla and SpaceX and is not afraid to do things differently. Sometimes it will back fire, but Musk has a pretty good track record.
@ElbowShouldersenАй бұрын
Yeah... Tesla made a "deal with the devil" when it built its Shanghai factory with significant help and encouragement from the Chinese government... It basically saved the company from bankruptcy, but it gave the Chinese a front row seat to see how the next-generation of cars will be built.
@brennansparkАй бұрын
The casting and using the battery as the floor is genius.
@sanbetskiАй бұрын
You are welcome
@Robert-cu9bmАй бұрын
Perfect to keep your feet warm when the batteries fail
@otavongryf1379Ай бұрын
it really isnt. Where do you want to put the huge heavy battery? On the roof? Obviously for a car you want to have your heavy weight low and central, a toddler could figure that.
@ryanmccawley6301Ай бұрын
@@otavongryf1379why do you assume OPs comment is sarcasm?
@wisemanofsorts6068Ай бұрын
@@otavongryf1379 I think you are misunderstanding. Other EV manufacturers use to build a normal car frame, with a traditional floor, and then left space for the battery in the floor. Tesla was the first to make the battery the entire structure of the floor. This means that the battery is load bearing, and actually acts as the vehicles main support structure. This was a completely new idea. Tesla has been doing it for years, and so far only Chinese EV's have copies the idea successfully.
@RecepVasfiye2 күн бұрын
Finch at 4ra is a masterstroke. Cricket fans like us can relate so much more!
@salcastaneda443Ай бұрын
insurance repairs are no-go. OVERALL costs including insurance is still too high
@markplott4820Ай бұрын
ZERO repair needed for Gigacasting. they don't EVER dent. crush cans are REPLACEABLE.
@SelamiOznur2 күн бұрын
Got to admit, Finch's involvement in 4RA made me a regular. Can't miss out on his match insights!
@tonykim5114Ай бұрын
Awesome video, Gracias,! I think the market is over-heated. And I am concerned that people are focusing less on fundamentals and just chanting the mantra of dollar cost averaging and driving the market higher without considering fundamentals. It is a catch-22 for me. I mean I like crypto prices going higher but I also hate buying over-priced market and ETFs. Personally, I have stopped buying growth ETFs- they are ridiculously over-valued. Dividend crypto and ETFs are a little better but they are still over-valued. There is some hope with small and mid caps. I am not sure they are undervalued but at least they are less over-valued..This pattern offers a valuable insight for strategic planning. Despite these trends, i have delve deeply into active trading and managed to grow a nest egg of around 100k to a decent 432k in the space of a few months... I'm especially grateful to Haley Eleanor , whose deep expertise and traditional trading acumen have been invaluable in this challenging, ever-evolving financial landscape.
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The true financial unlock comes when you understand and know the technique required to manage your investment's overall risk profile and avoid permanent capital loss. It is critical to have a strategy in place to capitalize on profits when they occur.
@NiraMira-zk9ypАй бұрын
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@RevohLigtАй бұрын
Oh yeah sure, she's active on What's ApK
@RevohLigtАй бұрын
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@MikeEnsorАй бұрын
Best explanation of the problem understandable by most people. Very well done
@VisioSynthАй бұрын
Tesla looks like it's going big. I really want to profit from the market this year. I have about $80k I want to invest in the market. My brain doesn't do very well in understanding these things. How else could I utilise the market opportunity?
@Emily-le2opАй бұрын
I suggest you focus on two key objectives. Learn when to sell stocks to minimize losses and maximize gains to start protecting yourself. Second, prepare to make money when the market turns around. I advise speaking with a broker or financial counselor.
@waltzwalterАй бұрын
Agreed. My portfolio is well-matched for every market season yielding 85% from early last year to date. I and my CFP are working on a 7 figure ballpark goal, tho this could take another year. In my opinion, financial advisors are the most sought-after professionals after doctors.
@biankabrodeur01Ай бұрын
Please who is the consultant that assist you with your investment and if you don't mind, how do I get in touch if you don't mind.
@waltzwalterАй бұрын
I’m hesitant to make recommendations like this online so I can't drop her contact here, but you could look her up yourself and contact her if you wish. Her name is Melissa Jean Talingdan.
@biankabrodeur01Ай бұрын
Thank you for this. I'll send her an email, and I hope I'm able to make something out of it.
@hockeyfunАй бұрын
The Model 3 does not use Gigacastings for either the front or the rear assembly. Only the Model Y and CyberTruck.
@joseluiz7017Ай бұрын
You guys are like 5 years late with this story.
@stephensullivan1011Ай бұрын
And there's no big bet. It's just working more effeciently. And it's not the only piece of the puzzle.
@user-jb2om7cm8mАй бұрын
Well Tesla are still using the same casts to make the same dated looking cars- that's the problem. It's not that nobody thought of it before, it's just not practical if you want to actually update your body styles now and again.
@davidbeppler303223 күн бұрын
@@user-jb2om7cm8m I prefer Tesla update the software after I bought it. Updates the internal hardware. Updates the computer. Updates the charging components. Updates the battery system. Updates the cameras. Updates the price. You just want to pay more for a body panel change and keep everything 10 years old inside. Have you seen the interior of a "NEW" car? They still have buttons. BUTTONS! Why? Can't they make it simpler? Easier to use? Tesla is doing it right. Almost everything can be done with just one cheap to replace, easy to use button.
@user-jb2om7cm8m23 күн бұрын
@@davidbeppler3032 'cheap' being the operative word. Bolting a touch screen to the dash instead of real physical controls is obviously far cheaper, but far less convenient to use. Real controls and instruments also require a lot more design skill and experience that many EV startups lack. EV makers do this because it's very difficult to sell EVs at a profit. New normal cars can afford to put in more sophisticated things like physical controls and instruments- because they are not spending so much on expensive batteries, and there is a lot more demand for the cars.
@Anthraxxxxx22 күн бұрын
They just got paid to burn Nio and hype Tesla… so now they are on a roll 😊
@rikt1541Ай бұрын
so just a crack on that one piece the entire section is damaged
@mr_vvsАй бұрын
yeah, just a crack leads to catastrophic failures in entire systems
@celdur4635Ай бұрын
They cut it off and put another piece on that area. They have cut off points. Also catastrophic damage owners usually buy new anyway.
@ignaciosevil2157Ай бұрын
same goes for any otther type of car. this parts are never dissasembled.
@michaelcoyne3700Ай бұрын
When there is heavy damage to chassis on any car it’s an insurance write off. Can smaller dents and cracks be welded with this aluminium casting is the question.
@celdur4635Ай бұрын
@@michaelcoyne3700 Supposedly they can. But i assume the tech will be perfected until it works well. I mean that would be de bet.
@JigilJigilАй бұрын
Tesla has been using Gigacastings for a couple of years now and Germans are still busy arguing if it's a good choice or not.
@DDMSakb48Ай бұрын
I still remember every so called BIG BOY ridiculed Tesla's decision on Gigacastings. It is funny to see that the table has turned now. LOL
@rkan2Ай бұрын
None of the German manufacturers have a competitor for the Model 3 yet, VW doesn't have a Model S competitor after 14 years :D
@raymondschembri5042Ай бұрын
@@rkan2 They have the other sub brands to compete with the S . But surely it cost you more for maintenance and can’t match the Model S performance 😂😂😂😂😂
@rkan2Ай бұрын
@@raymondschembri5042 But there isn't a competitor from any VW brand. The A6/A8 would be the competitor as an EV. Porsche Taycan/Audi Etron and some of the SUVs could regarded as some, but not a direct one.
@TheoWink-wh8stАй бұрын
Why tesla looks like s Porsche then or using aluminium like Audi did
@ProjectILTАй бұрын
Can't wait for the 5 year late video in 2029 about how Tesla is betting big on autonomy and how everyone else is just starting to try and copy them
@nathansussАй бұрын
fr lmao
@JaySee5Ай бұрын
🤣 Tesla is *FAR* behind Hyundai in autonomy.
@nathansussАй бұрын
@@JaySee5 bruh
@James-cq9dpАй бұрын
@@JaySee5 lmaooooo. you clearly haven't tried FSD.
@James-cq9dpАй бұрын
@@JaySee5 can Hyundai make an unprotected left hand turn? can it make a U turn? can it drive in a parking lot? can it even make a right turn? exactly.
@alex1695lopezАй бұрын
The problem with large casting is the cost of replacement. In the event of a car crash, having to replace a larger piece is far more expensive than the traditional smaller sections. This means repair prices for cars are rising a lot. The savings in manufacturing just gets passed on as an added expense to the consumer. And this causes insurance prices to rise as well. Thats an added monthly cost to the owner as well. Companies should try to be innovative in manufacturing as well as thinking of minimizing the cost to the owner.
@jbbuzzableАй бұрын
If the damage is so severe that the gigacasting needs to be replaced, the other repair costs to the car has likely convinced the insurance company that it should be totaled.
@BadL_Ай бұрын
I don’t know about in other places, but my tesla insurance is not expensive at all. And the price lowered after the first 6 months even after being in a small accident that needed the rear trunk and bumper replaced. It was other the other drivers fault so im sure that played a role. Insurance is literally Tesla’s own car insurance
@muhcharonaАй бұрын
Yea in collisions where it matters you won't have anyone attempting a repair outside those crazy russian channels where they hammer and pull every part of a car back in place. Its just totalled here no matter how its made.
@evanmurphy2165Ай бұрын
Yes, and writing off a vehicle even for minor damage is a huge environmental impact because of the energy lost making a car that is now unusable but the energy required to recycle what can be or it ends up in landfill and more materials and energy are required to replace the vehicle with a new one. It is just so wasteful.
@motoarzan791Ай бұрын
WRONG! What percentage of cars are even ever in an accident? What percentage of those are only fenders benders? What percentage are mid level collisions where the casting and other inner components are still absolutely fine. Those castings are solid and don't bend. Any accident severe enough to finally crack those castings is such that the car (especially a traditional car) would long be a total write-off anyway. The expense to insurance and the consumer is actually less, way less!
@highvoltage3479Ай бұрын
Insurance, insurance, insurance will go out of sight
@edubbs3528Ай бұрын
All of this fancy tech and yet Tesla vomits out the Cyber Truck.
@wisemanofsorts6068Ай бұрын
You may not like the looks or style of Cybertruck, but it's manufacturing techniques are actually some of the most advanced in the industry.
@nguyep4Ай бұрын
Over 2 millions pre orders. Billions in net profits is vomit? Only shallow people who think that.
@rhllnmАй бұрын
And yet it's a piece of junk. I hope to have an electric vehicle some day but I'd never buy a Tesla.
@euroucАй бұрын
There was no specific mention about safety and impact absorption. The large castings have a propensity to fracture vs pressed metal parts that can deform and absorb energy.
@wl1896Ай бұрын
yes Tesla is very cheaply made. people are overpay for it.
@Tokamak3.1415Ай бұрын
If 2 contractors are doing the same work but one takes twice as many hours but accomplishes the same work which one is being cheaply made? You could say Teslas are being overpaid by consumers, but when you look at the specs of the vehicles most of the other manufacturers are coming up short. I was going to buy a used Audi Q8 Etron until I saw what horrible designs they had for cooling the front/rear motors leading to high motor failure rates (see Audi forums), even on new 2024 models. I'd go with the company that has a better engineered product that has a longer MTBF than the standard warranty.
@danharold3087Ай бұрын
Sheet steel scrap needs to be shipped back to a steel foundry and goes into the creation of new steel. The failed aluminum casting and scrap can go right back into the factories aluminum melting furnace. This is a huge savings. Also stamped steel results in a significant amount of scrap even with 0% failures.
@0ctatr0nАй бұрын
I was about to correct him on that.. ingots are cheaper than sheet metal and yes you just cut up the failed casting and chuck it back in duh!
@unofficialmedia2000Ай бұрын
When the vehicle crashes you are gigafu*ked😂
@DaveDayCAEАй бұрын
Half hour news program on Tesla Gigacasting and they talk to Volvo but not Tesla? I like how they quote Reuters instead of picking up the phone and calling Tesla. They just had explained why the "unboxed" process wouldn't work with a total Gigacast of the entire floor of the car and then show the Reuters headline saying Tesla was "abandoning" that very thing they just explained wouldn't work.
@markmercieca5569Ай бұрын
Hahahahaha.... Its CNBS what did you expect.... they are a bunch of muppets.
@SonyhellyesАй бұрын
Tesla problably didnt want to be a part of the program.
@rajumulinti1677Ай бұрын
Integrating the parts is very cost effective idea like, we do with plastic injection molding. Automotive companies need to identify cost effective Designs in terms of tooling/ material to produce cheaper cars. This is one of example, as we learned already traditional casting parts are have some manufacturing defects and high scrap rate.I believe tesla have already implemented some advancements to overcome such issues in this manufacturing which are not completely disclosed in this video. But one of the advantage with casting is recyclability, the scrap can be reused , where as stamped process scrap can’t directly reused.
@letsgobrandon416Ай бұрын
And then insurance will be too expensive for anyone to afford because the most minor accident will require totalling the car
@wisemanofsorts6068Ай бұрын
Which is why Tesla manages insurance internally, and ensure rates are not too high.
@jbbuzzableАй бұрын
So the millions of Teslas on the road have no insurance?
@wisemanofsorts6068Ай бұрын
@@jbbuzzable Lol, no. All Tesla's have insurance. But Tesla offers their own insurance for Tesla vehicles. Not everyone goes with Tesla insurance, but it forces other providers to keep their rates competitive. Otherwise, every Tesla user would use Tesla insurance. Therefore, this helps keep isnurance on Tesla vehicles from getting too high.
@nigratruoАй бұрын
Ahhhh, shall I call you mister FUD? You want to read up on that and you will notice that this BS was pushed to bad mouth tesla, now all of them are buying the machines to do giga castings, I wonder why? /S
@letsgobrandon416Ай бұрын
@@wisemanofsorts6068 if you bothered to watch, only Volvo did, other companies are investigating it, and the latest research indicates it may actually be heavier than traditional alternatives. And there's no myth about the exorbitant costs to fix modern cars, especially Teslas. Tesla had to create their own insurance company because tradional insurers refused to insure Teslas outright because of the cost of repairs
@niteshnmehtaАй бұрын
CNBC should marketing these more! They are great.
@richard77231Ай бұрын
I've never understood why enhancements like this are discussed only within the use case of EVs when they could theoretically be used for ICE vehicles as well.
@Sir-WorthingtonАй бұрын
Because Tesla. The first ones to do it at scale was Tesla. Now it's a discussion.
@annoyedok321Ай бұрын
Because it's about stock promotion, not engineering advances. Think of it as a Ponzi scheme. The minute you stop getting new investors you're screwed.
@fcv1967Ай бұрын
Elon pushed the envelope on castings just like he did on EVs. Legacy ICE brands could have done it before Tesla but they chose to do 5% better every 6 years because customers accepted it. Now Elon has pushed Legacy to grow more than 5% and they have growing pains now. If Elon didn't exist, they would have no reason to go EV, or castings, etc.
@Sir-WorthingtonАй бұрын
@@annoyedok321 huh
@Sir-WorthingtonАй бұрын
@@fcv1967 amen brother. Hit the nail on the head.
@DrMikel-dp4kbАй бұрын
Teslas are poorly made. We sold ours , cost too much to maintain and operate
@evg3niusАй бұрын
Cap detected. They may be poorly made but they don't cost anything to maintain, why are you lying?
@highvoltage3479Ай бұрын
You are about to find out the hard way ,like thousands and thousands of anothers @@evg3nius
@cleanenvironment8121Ай бұрын
@@evg3nius we got rid of our Tesla money pit. They're very hard to sell used. Nobody wants old batteries
@nickl5658Ай бұрын
@@evg3nius Poorly made, means you spend money trying to correct the flaws... or worse fix the damage caused by the flaws..
@USACars-id3bfАй бұрын
@kylereese4822 EVs all have oil in their gear reduction boxes and final drive units some even have oil filters , all this has to be replace during maintenance. Has for the rest of your comments ,you Will find out the hard way
@BadL_Ай бұрын
The short clip at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="26">00:26</a> is how tesla is planning to produce their vehicles in the very near future. Instead of it being on a production line and slowly assembled as it goes down, Tesla wants to split each major piece of the car into its own production area. Once all the pieces are made, it goes to final assembly where the whole car is then put together like legos. This increases how many employees can work at each station, and means that if there is a problem or delay, it doesn’t stop all the other parts from being made. The other stations can still keep on working
@shaider1982Ай бұрын
Isn't this being done in manufacturing? I mean it's the basis of lean production methods as a whole as pioneered by Toyota.
@BadL_Ай бұрын
@@shaider1982 nope, its not. I did a bad job explaining it so if you want to learn more I think tesla has a video where their lead engineer explains it
@OzgurYasin2 күн бұрын
Winning IPL lottery on 4RBT is thrilling with Finch supporting 4ra adds to the fun.
@WillProwseАй бұрын
I've sold all my gas cars and only run three Teslas and a Porsche GT4. The best combination. You can't beat EVs for daily driving. Especially with off-grid solar. Superior in everyway
@HomesteadEngineeringАй бұрын
Yep!
@andrerodriguez7603Ай бұрын
Also safety in crashes are the highest in the world.
@marylandterpzАй бұрын
Evs only good for low mile trips. Nobody wants to waste thousands of hours of their life just to charge
@lbgstzockt8493Ай бұрын
@@marylandterpz So only good for 95% of all drives the average american does? Yeah, sounds really horrible. I'll deal with the terror during a vacation I financed with all my fuel and maintenance savings.
@henrikbergman4055Ай бұрын
Hi Will. Appreciate your rants. /Fellow ranter
@jaysun3149Ай бұрын
Gigacasting body parts are cheaper to make. however, minor collision damage can result in total loss, therefore higher insurance costs.
@samuelbutterworth4303Ай бұрын
And how many body shops around the country will have the tools and skill to replace the large castings after a collision. Tesla says they can repair them cheaper but I'll guess most shops would say that's a lie. Car manufacturers don't design cars to be repaired easily.
@evg3niusАй бұрын
@@samuelbutterworth4303 Tesla has it's own insurance service so the have vested interest in making repairs cheaper
@TheClarkes-kd8beАй бұрын
Don’t matter you like Tesla or not, but the fact is they are leading auto industrial, and everyone will follow and copy.
@TheoWink-wh8st21 күн бұрын
@@TheClarkes-kd8be Mercedes was the first car
@arkeshsharmaАй бұрын
If it’s easier and faster to repair a Tesla, why is the insurance way higher than the regular cars?
@craftbox9276Ай бұрын
Because most insurance companies have a prejudice against EVs and teslas. Tesla own insurance is quite cheap
@bigwatts9694Ай бұрын
EVs will becoming truly throw-way car , including Tesla. If this happens insurance will go through the Roof . EVs are very cheaply make, and Tesla is leading the way to cheap ,low quality, poorly make cars
@jbbuzzableАй бұрын
Past data tells a different story. Tesla has been making cars for many years now.
@Kashchey1Ай бұрын
@@jbbuzzableyes! And we know already they depreciate faster than they accelerate.
@juliahello6673Ай бұрын
@Kashchey1 Incentives made resale value go down. A few years ago Teslas had the highest resale value of any vehicle.
@juliahello6673Ай бұрын
EVs last at least twice as long as gas cars, on average. It’s gas cars that are disposable, after nickel and diming the owner as it’s 2000+ parts start breaking down over time.
@sauceman5498Ай бұрын
That’s why Teslas are basically totaled by a fender bender. Either that or they cost a fortune to insure and repair because instead of replacing just a couple of parts, you’re replacing the entire front or rear end.
@jackbauer562Ай бұрын
More expensive to repair
@markplott4820Ай бұрын
FALSE, zero repair needed.
@jackbauer562Ай бұрын
@@markplott4820 a simple, millimeter damage to a cast. You will have to replace the whole cast.
@markplott4820Ай бұрын
@@jackbauer562 - NOPE , zero Damage. even in IMPACT.
@jackbauer562Ай бұрын
🥴 Its aluminum, not a bullet proof metal cast
@roberttaylor9259Ай бұрын
the only problem is gigacasting makes any semi-major wreck a fully total job. There's almost no fixing a gigacasting. Smallish impacts turn into structural damage.
@ExcessumGamingАй бұрын
Thats so no true m8
@motoarzan791Ай бұрын
WRONG! Those castings are solid. The type of impact that it would take to damage or crack that casting is such that the car would be a total write-off anyway. That same impact on a traditional care would be obliterated and a write-off anyway as well. Everything in the outer shell around it can be removed and replaced at usual. With traditional cars the frame or chassis gets bent and that results in write-offs or very expensive to repair, rarely so with Tesla's. No additional costs to insurance or consumer. In fact costs are less, way less!
@carscoffee5263Ай бұрын
Tesla has the worst build quality, have you seen the body panel gaps on their vehicles?
@auminersiteАй бұрын
Very, very poor build
@robertfrancis979Ай бұрын
You missed on the unboxed method of manufacturing. It requires drive-by-wire, brake-by-wire, etc. There won't be any wiring harness like a traditional car but all the nodes will be connected to an ethernet. The Cybertruck already has drive-by-wire and a 48 volt low-voltage bus but the next gen car will take that even further, using nodes controlling things.
@LouisDillard02Ай бұрын
Tesla's approach with giga casting feels like a nod to Henry Ford's assembly line revolution. It's about time we see a similar leap in efficiency and flexibility in car manufacturing.
@jklappenbachАй бұрын
Until Musk is replaced by Tesla shareholders and board, I have no interest in stories about Tesla, and no interest in buying a Tesla.
@taykforeal18 күн бұрын
🤡
@rcpmacАй бұрын
The name 'Giga Press' was first coined by Riccardo Ferrario, the IDRA Group's general manager. The IDRA group introduced the Giga Press in late 2018. It has been in their catalog since then.
@tbagwarzonecampers5032Ай бұрын
This video is soo 4 years ago ....
@BryanbkkАй бұрын
Made in 🇺🇸. Proud.
@juanmortaco831Ай бұрын
Didn't Tesla cancel gigacasting efforts? Because it made no sense?
@samuelwilliams7331Ай бұрын
All the Model Y's are two piece cast. They only cancelled casting the entire vehicle.
@VolkanSelcuk-q2p2 күн бұрын
Trusting my bets more at 4RBT now that Finch is in the squad. Feels like batting with a safety net!
@HydrnaughtАй бұрын
There are over a thousand Teslas in the docks here in Australia that they can't give away, because Australians have realised they're rubbish.
@markmercieca5569Ай бұрын
Hahahahahahaha.....the force is weak in you Luke.
@Tschacki_QuackiАй бұрын
Over a thousand... omg, wow, unbelievable.... Mate, I don't think that's the scandal you think it is.
@crappymealАй бұрын
They never mention the actual people who come up with these ideas, only the company
@nickns732Ай бұрын
Well those people do so while working for those companies. Which means that intellectual property belongs to the company.
@lala-ru1jjАй бұрын
It was Elon Musk who came up with the idea, when looking at a toy car.. ofcourse CNBC wouldn't want others to know
@kenmore01Ай бұрын
Business as usual. When you work for a big company and come up with an idea or design, the company owns that, not the individual. When you come up with a thought, you don't credit an individual brain cell.
@crappymealАй бұрын
@@nickns732 can still show them the respect of mentioning them
@crappymealАй бұрын
@@kenmore01 can still give them credit
@guessagainkk6322Ай бұрын
20 years R&D Injection and sheet-metal for design & manufacture specialist here. 1 - Smartest thing said here is interchangeability "inserts", interesting if they could do 'undercuts' and 'unscrewing cores'. 2 - The elephant in the room is molten alu composition is very different to 7xxx alu. modulus and still need 'post machining'. 3 - Dumbest question is not whether it can replace sheet-metal or avoid 'voids' or if it can do weight saving or high srappage rate at low yield (every new production R&D line start out low). It about if it can benefit with the entire system as a whole, if the weight penalty vs initial setup cost vs time saving assembly to justify and outweighs traditional manufacturing technique for the masses in the long run. But the conclusion is correct, "jury is out" until it is actually fully proven to the world. Right now it a very large prototype project.
@Rokku82Ай бұрын
Tesla has their own custom Alumnium that doesn't need any special treatment. It is a special material that is designed so that you just cast once and it is ready for use. Also can't call giga casting a "Prototype" when tesla has already made millions of vehicles with the process. They have already confirmed it is lighter, cheaper, and easier to repair. Note that "scrap" with gigacasting is just remelting the defect part and using it again in the next mold. That is another benefit of an alloy that is a just a single step of cast and use. It means it can just be melted and used again. No multi step processing for scrap reuse.
@otikamporn17 күн бұрын
In Thailand car bodies are cheap to repair, we have a lot of 3rd party body shop to repair car bodies. But recently when a Tesla clash, people wonder why repair cost so high. We found that the car body part have to be replace, unbalbe to repair.
@silversurfer1967Ай бұрын
This video failed to explain when cars get those minor fender benders, the cast cannot be repaired and the entire car will be declared total.
@Tschacki_QuackiАй бұрын
Why would the cast be affected from a minor fender bender? Makes zero sense so that's maybe the reason they didn't mention it.
@craftbox9276Ай бұрын
If you damage a gigacasting in a car crash, then you are lucky to survive that
@GIddyUpRetepАй бұрын
For an oil importing country, choosing between an ICE and an EV car is like choosing between a land-line phone (ICE car) and smart cell phone (EV car). The largest car market in the world is an oil importing country (as are 3 of the top 4 car markets). Plus, EVs will continue to get cheaper.
@projectcontractorsАй бұрын
Giga Casting = Giga Repair Bills.
@phillyphil1513Ай бұрын
that's a good one... 🤙 i see what you did there. 👀
@John-fc9suАй бұрын
Everybody wants to sell expensive cars with cheap materials
@sebastiangruenfeld141Ай бұрын
I'm not interested in what other western EV manufacturers have to say on this matter. I'm interested in knowing what Chinese EV manufacturers have to say as they're the only realistic competition for Tesla.
@lala-ru1jjАй бұрын
The already said something. by simply copying gigacasting. while traditional manufacturers wasted their time presuming they had something superior r
@johnwilson5743Ай бұрын
Note that they interviewed Volvo Cars, almost implying that Volvo was European when it has been Chinese for a decade. (Geely)
@chiquita683Ай бұрын
And when the cars are in an accident the whole car is totaled because the parts cant be replaced
@jbbuzzableАй бұрын
No.
@tom23245Ай бұрын
The problem is that the frame is completely not repairable.
@BryanbkkАй бұрын
Not if you ban human drivers.
@kevindang1331Ай бұрын
CNBS is 5 years late with this video.
@estherkim1892Ай бұрын
very well said. give credit where it's due.
@davidpearn5925Ай бұрын
......and have they checked the scrappage/insurance rate since ?
@regularjoegamerАй бұрын
Now they push... Watch the stock. Moon time
@NurdanMehmet2 күн бұрын
Even when I lose, 4ra gives cashback. Really helpful, my brother was right.
@DavidJohnson-tv2nnАй бұрын
For me the biggest issue is repairability. I simply don't trust castings, and likely never will.
@evildrizzt1Ай бұрын
What are you talking about? Metal castings have been used for thousands of years. If a cast part breaks, you simply melt down the broken part and recast it. Recycling before it was called ‘recycle’ since 4000 bc
@DavidJohnson-tv2nnАй бұрын
@@evildrizzt1 If I pay thousands of dollars for a car, I'm NOT interested in "recycling" it, I want to be able to REPAIR it!
@ryanmccawley6301Ай бұрын
I hope this guy doesn’t find out about 1930s mills, lathes, and power hammers which have been refurbished and are still in use today.
@PizzaMan5000Ай бұрын
You clearly didn't watch the video. The repairability is better than standard parts as they can be custom cut and patched in with stronger results than old bent steel than is permanently weaker
@FunktasticoАй бұрын
@@PizzaMan5000 so you're saying any panel beater down the road able to fix & patch damaged aluminum cast sections ?
@tundrav8georgiaАй бұрын
Ev are a joke
@Steven-vo4eeАй бұрын
Musk is selfdestructing and taking Tesla with him
@JosePlascencia-rc1iyАй бұрын
In the event of an accident = total loss.
@juliahello6673Ай бұрын
Wrong
@JosePlascencia-rc1iyАй бұрын
@@juliahello6673 what do I know right?
@urbanstrencanАй бұрын
Betting just one one technology is bog risk, automakers should research different techniques of making cars in the future. Great video ❤❤
@user-ex4fk2co7sАй бұрын
If this becomes standard, cars will be disposable after an accident. No one will be able to afford the replacement cast section. Even if the cast section is made affordable, the labor to disassemble an entire vehicle to replace the cast section AND do the required body work will be insane. Insurance is already expensive, this will only make it more expensive.
@internetpointsbankАй бұрын
Its just like any other modern car. Once you need to replace the subframe its deemed totaled.
@user-ei3cp5nx9fАй бұрын
The traditional automobile manufacturers who remain stagnant or even revert to internal combustion engine (ICE) cars are likely to face bankruptcy and eventual disappearance, similar to the fate experienced by Nokia and BlackBerry in the past.
@danielzhang1916Ай бұрын
I think we will see some mergers in the next decade, the cost of production will only keep getting higher, not to mention fully transitioning to making EVs
@fritz3388Ай бұрын
To produce Aluminium, cost insane amounts of electric energy!
@evgrid2628Ай бұрын
EV has about half the parts count of a gas car, but yet these EVs cost 2 to 5 times as much.?? Someone is making a huge profit on these simple and cheaply built cars. On top of that Ev's also have their own type of pollution ( gases from Lithium or Ultium batteries, including other specialized automotive grade batteries) and are known to expel highly toxic gases both when charging and discharging now this will add to our already polluted air. On top of that, the total operating cost of these EV's is extremely high in the long run. ... No thanks, I'll pass ... I don't want to add to the problem by adding even more toxins to the environment.
@craftbox9276Ай бұрын
EVs are expensive because batteries are. Batteries are expensive because they are relatively new and research into this type of automotive use was quite low for a long time. Lithium-ion batteries were invented in 1976 vs 1886 for gasoline powered cars, so a lot of time to optimize and make production cheaper. Also these batteries do not produce gasses, unless they are damaged. ICE vehicles produce more gasses, they literately produce pollution when running. And finally EVs are generally cheaper over their lifespan compared to an ICE, they have a lot less moving parts, they do not produce explosions hundreds of times a second, so maintenance is a lot cheaper. Also electricity is cheaper than gas, especially when you charge at home and during hours that electricity is the cheapest. Though EVs are not better in all use cases, mainly large vehicles, but that comes down to my first point, not enough research to make batteries more power dense and use cheaper materials. Btw most trains are EVs and those that aren't are mostly hybrids.
@danielzhang1916Ай бұрын
@@craftbox9276 the problem is people aren't willing to pay more for that, this is still a cost issue, even if they're interested in EV, they still go for hybrids instead, it's easy to say EV is cheaper in the long run, but buyers don't care about that comparison, they want the value for the car they're getting
@ulyanaudina6559Ай бұрын
Так можно и разорить этот казик) притормозите пацаны!!!🏝
@ryannestor8563Ай бұрын
One word pie in the sky
@Flavor88Ай бұрын
Sounds to me like car manufactures are doing what computer companies did a few years ago when they started incorporating components as part of the motherboard, in order to reduce their cost. Good luck trying to fix them!
@snuffeldjuretАй бұрын
I have only once had such an issue, and that was solved by just buying a separate networking card... :)
@willblack8575Ай бұрын
the problem with casting such large pieces is when the car gets into a crash how will the part get replaced?
@TheBogimenАй бұрын
That's the neat part, you will not
@stefanpredl6849Ай бұрын
they weld in there is a line drawn where to cut behind that line the whole thing gets changed but at that much force its bend anyway
@thenoodlebuddyАй бұрын
Exactly just means Tesla have pushed the price back onto consumers through car insurance prices. Either way us consumers are getting shafted that's why you should check all costs before committing to a large purchase. I wanted a Tesla, but I realised the cost of Insurance in the UK for a Tesla is so high I'm best going with a different car overall even if the other car costs a bit more than a Tesla
@ryanmccawley6301Ай бұрын
If your crash is big enough to deform the casting your insurance would have probably written off an equivalently sizable impact in a more traditional car anyway.
@PizzaMan5000Ай бұрын
You just cut out a new part and patch it in. It is currently being done cheaper than standard welded parts
@MaxEmbersonАй бұрын
For collisions the casted pieces are far stronger and so Teslas save more lives than almost any car, so this is maybe the highest value to an owner. The casted pieces can endure a lot more pressure before it dents than an assembled structure that will give way usually at the point of the spot weld. Tesla is a smart car so with FSD it will "not" have so many collisions as FSD doesn't get drunk, get high, get emotional, have a heart attack or play with the phone.
@zhli4238Ай бұрын
Vehicle frame is stronger too, with the unit body molding manufacturing technique. There was a case that a Tesla fell from a California cliff and all four occupants survived.
@mikadavies660Ай бұрын
Filling castings and casting designs has now been improved with the use of A.I. It uses computer aided flow rates with cooling rates. To have the most effective casting with the least amount of flow traps (flaws).
@JT-zs8cdАй бұрын
They still sending cars to customers with door panels not alligned priperly, all within the secret spec, worst customer service ever.
@SebnemAyse2 күн бұрын
Even when we lose on 4ra, it's okay, Finch makes it fun and we try again.
@jase298hkhkАй бұрын
one bumper bender and the whole car is totaled. I'll be staying away with any cars with gigacasting. only one benefit from this is the auto makers. Expect the insurance rates to doubled once this evolution is in full motion. How much cheaper the car needs to get to make consumer benefit from this?
@Tokamak3.1415Ай бұрын
Using single castings instead of multiple welds increases structural rigidity (compressive and standing loading forces). So it may cost more for the car to be repaired or be written off at a high rates but that 4 inches of less cabin penetration during a side impact is the difference between eating from a feeding tube the rest of your life or leaving the hospital after 4 hours. There is a cost to everything. Decreased repairability at times, increased safety at times. A "bumper bender" won't total a car though unless it's a Fisher Price brand. If you're totaling a unibody frame vehicle with enough damage to significantly damage the casting more than the residual value of vehicle it would most likely have been totaled by a conventionally welded vehicle. Labor isn't getting any cheaper. But to your point the worst of both worlds would be a car that doesn't offer any additional safety and costs more to repair.
@jase298hkhkАй бұрын
@@Tokamak3.1415 That might be how the auto makers will advertised it. but why don't we all drive semi-trailer for commute if your take is safety over everything. Giga casting auto makers will show how a car is safer when it's hit with a non giga casting car. But is it that much safer if most cars are structured the same way? cars will be hit with much more "structural rigidity" during side impacts
@JoelSappАй бұрын
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="562">9:22</a> one big casting would go against unboxed process. It lends itself to maybe 4 castings that get bolted together at the end. Tesla was also dialing down the risk a bit making sure they can make the car before they go all out. Scrp rates only cost Tesla time mainly because they can melt the casting and try again. Stamping they can't remelt and they only get pennies on the dollar for recycling that material.
@nikolaslarson6891Ай бұрын
Sure, the usual BS! For starters, aluminium is much more expensive than steel. Repairing vehicles in aluminium is extremely costly. It is NOT going to bring down any prices, that's for sure.
@jbbuzzableАй бұрын
Did you watch the video? The additional costs are offset by greater cost reductions in other areas.
@SelmaMirac2 күн бұрын
4RA is awesome, IPL season is more fun with it Thanks to my friend for the tip.
@MrGodspeed182Ай бұрын
What happens when you are in an accident. It might be more expensive or harder to fix a car since you can’t replace panels easily.
@luketoh1Ай бұрын
Maybe and maybe not. Depends on what needs replacement. You could also design it for ease of repair...it would depend on the manufacturer. Having many smaller parts (as per traditional manufacturing) doesn't mean it is better...it could still cost a lot and a lot more knowledge, tools and resources required. When there is enough advancement in gigacasting and design...people will learn the best way to use this new tech and then things will be even better. Give it a fair go.
@motoarzan791Ай бұрын
NO! Those castings are solid. The type of impact that it would take to damage or crack that casting is such that the car would be a total write-off anyway. That same impact on a traditional care would be obliterated and a write-off anyway as well. No additional costs to insurance or consumer. In fact costs are less, way less!
@craftbox9276Ай бұрын
Castings aren't panels, if you damage a casting then congrats on surviving that car crash, it was brutal, the other driver didn't survive
@BadL_Ай бұрын
Another HUGE innovation coming in Tesla’s manufacturing is the removal of the CAN-bus. This means instead of hundreds of wires worming their way through and across the vehicle, there are controllers at every important part, which get connected together by ribbon cables.
@craftbox9276Ай бұрын
Yup, they literally save kilometers of wiring and kilos of weight. They also combine a lot of controllers into one larger controller for each section of a car.
@aronkey3473Ай бұрын
Why did they not mention that GM has already started megacasting with the Cadillac Celestiq?
@phillyphil1513Ай бұрын
Q: Why did they not mention that GM has already started megacasting with the Cadillac Celestiq? A: because they don't know about it. and really GM's already employed LARGE castings in their Gas vehicles. it's already used in the Alpha Chassis which underpinned the 6G Camaro way back in 2016 (which is now already out of production) and both the Cadillac CTS and CT5. and it's used even MORE EXTENSIVELY starting in the 2020 Corvette C8... GM has long produced these parts at their Bedford Casting Operation in Bedford Indiana, so it's "old hat" as far as their concerned and NOT something they would ever think they needed to "crow about" like a Start-Up operation who's "baby young to the world" of manufacturing.
@juliahello6673Ай бұрын
GM did aluminum casting previously. That’s nothing new. Lots of products use casting. MEGAcasting was used on the 2024 Celestiq, years after Tesla. You may or may not like Tesla but please don’t blatantly lie.
@FrunkensteinVonZipperneckАй бұрын
No. Casting is only possible with MASS production. GM execs have no comprehension of mass production.
@phillyphil1513Ай бұрын
@@juliahello6673 re: "You may or may not like Tesla but please don’t blatantly lie." you may LOVE Tesla (and desire to give Elon hand release) but please stop lying to keep the Stock from going in the toilet. the Robo-Taxi's not coming in August, which surprises NO ONE.
@saleesh0089Ай бұрын
The German automobile industry may experience a significant decline in sales.😅
@Prashant_Pandey4Ай бұрын
nope, some people buy premium brand, there Chinese companies have to go long way to prove their trustworthiness
@SahikaHidayet2 күн бұрын
Guys, Aaron Finch is now with 4RA makes 4ra even more awesome.
@JaceTranАй бұрын
Wow, CNBC puts politics aside to praise Tesla. Hope other outlets follow suit. We should be fair to anyone regardless his/ her own opinions. Tesla is the best company on earth, not only with cars but also with AI, robotics, power storages and other technologies
@TubaFatma-w6p2 күн бұрын
I found 4ra very easy to understand Got a bonus just for signing up, nice start.
@The_main_andrewАй бұрын
You could make them smaller? Average occupancy of a private vehicle on the road has got to be below 30%
@danlemke6407Ай бұрын
I would think a simple fender bender in one of these cars could total it. I would say one of the biggest issues for EVs right now is lack of places that service them, not to mention charge them. Many would have to have their cars towed hundreds of miles for even a moderate repair and wait a long time to get it back. Most seem to have both types of vehicles just in case. They are still not a viable option for the average car buyer.
@craftbox9276Ай бұрын
You charge an EV at home though ? And service that an EV requires is at most washer fluid top off. If you need to service an EV in a shop, well then, congrats on surviving a car crash.