Tesla Says Lessons Learned From Model 3 Will Bring Model Y To Market Sooner

Tesla CEO Elon Musk surprised people earlier this year when he said that Model Y, Tesla’s upcoming small SUV, will be built on a new platform for production in “late 2019 to 2020”.

That was a change from their previous plan to build the vehicle on the Model 3 platform in order to bring it to market faster.

Now Musk said that he walked back on his latest announcement and Tesla will go back to its original plan in order to bring the car to market sooner.
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MDarringer - 8/3/2017 12:14:26 PM

+7 Boost

Let's see...

The Model X was less than perfect and was met with less than universal enthusiasm.

They said that based on what they learned about the Model X that the Model 3 would arrive even better.

The Model 3 has been met with less than universal enthusiasm.

I wonder what quality crap storms this Tesla will have.

Yup, brilliance is Tesla.

SanJoseDriver - 8/4/2017 12:37:19 PM

-5 Boost

Are you kidding me? The Model 3 is the hottest car that everyone is talking about today and the initial reviews are nothing but positive. They are getting 1,800 new reservations (net) a day.

TomM - 8/4/2017 6:04:56 PM

+2 Boost

Since there is little production of the Actual Model 3 - Both Matt and I would put little confidence in claims of "deposits" - they don't pay the bills - they will have to sell cars.

OF course the Model 3 is something people are talking about - but I have YET to read a review that actually likes the DASH or likes the lack of instruments in front of the driver - much less the cost of power seats - or of the actually produced higher line car. TO claim that the is universal praise is simply NOT TRUE. It is true the car is meeting expectations on some levels - but not all.

In addition - ALL car manufacturers have "blips" when they introduce a completely NEW car - the other Tesla cars were not immune - what DID happen was that Tesla continued to pay for the repairs long after the warranties were up - and that includes long distance tows. Now - even if the car ends up with a normal amount of early problems - long distance tows are likely to be a bigger complaint just because of the number of cars produced. Frankly - not having a local service point eliminates and TESLA from my consideration. I Know that Tesla does not control how LONG these tows take and the lost time is a problem for me alone - but then having to get to a "service" point that is on the other side of the state from my house is another deal breaker as well.

So - I would NOT recommend buy a NEW ANYTHING the first year - or even soon afterwards until the gremlins are found out. Maybe YOUR time is of no consequence - MINE is worth money.

runninglogan1 - 8/3/2017 7:24:42 PM

-6 Boost

I predict the previous two posters will cease their stupid Tesla commenting within the next year.

MDarringer - 8/4/2017 10:31:41 AM

+8 Boost

@runninglogan1 you must have well developed callouses from your regular "responding" to the posters of Elon in speedos in your bedroom.

SanJoseDriver - 8/4/2017 12:40:38 PM

-6 Boost

You guys come off pretty ignorant and childish when you make comments like that. You should voice your disagreement, but name-calling just voids any logical arguments that you are trying to make.

SanJoseDriver - 8/5/2017 5:04:23 PM

0 Boost

It is funny you say that, the CEO of VW recently said the exact opposite. He Tesla is their biggest competitor and they have the best software engineers in the auto industry and that puts them at a huge advantage for next-gen cars. He said in their internal newsletter that Tesla has tech that they don't (like OTA updates) and they need to quickly catch up. This is one of the reasons why almost every major manufacturer now has offices in Silicon Valley.