Oh so all that “first principles” design their CEO likes to talk about really just means “reinvent the wheel and sell the prototypes to customers at prototype prices?”
You’re not technically wrong since they were just early to the party with driver assistance & Lane departure warning/avoidance systems, but since the USA made those types of systems mandatory for all cars in 2023, most vehicles 2023+ will now have a similar cost.
For the cybertruck? The design of the others are mostly reasonable, I would assume every replacement part for the cybertruck is much more expensive since it’s so fucking ridiculous. I’ve never had to replace a windshield fortunately so I don’t know how much they normally cost.
Ah ok, maybe I’m misreading then. Are you saying the roof glass for the other models is very expensive? The windshield on the other models seems pretty generic.
Yeah the roof glass probably should have been optional. The X is pretty silly, after the cybertruck I think the X is the next most ridiculous. Your only SUV is the only car you make that isn’t compatible with a roof rack? Really? I like the S, it’s fancy and expensive but it’s a luxury sedan and is absurdly fast, it’s allowed to be fancy. The Y and the 3 are mostly the same car. The glass roof is neat but unnecessary and should have been an option. Also, I’m not sure which years/models have it but I think most/all if the newer models have that double wall glass to keep noise down. Not sure how much cost that adds but that could have been an option too.
Fun fact: a replacement windshield for a tesla is on average 1,200 - 2,000 dollars because of their dumb as fuck design
Oh so all that “first principles” design their CEO likes to talk about really just means “reinvent the wheel and sell the prototypes to customers at prototype prices?”
Huh, who would have thunk it?
Cyberwindshield: $1200
Cyberwindshield wiper: 3 months backorder
Making a Nazi supporter cry: priceless
I heard the horse cock of a windshield wiper is almost irreplaceable because it’s 4 feet long and in limited supply.
It’s also made significantly more expensive by the fact that it IS an actual cock from a horse.
Purebred only, on Musk’s insistence.
Hand picked by the man himself I hear
Inspired by the Bible.
You’re not technically wrong since they were just early to the party with driver assistance & Lane departure warning/avoidance systems, but since the USA made those types of systems mandatory for all cars in 2023, most vehicles 2023+ will now have a similar cost.
for context the windshield of a big ass semi truck costs between $65-225 or just 18% at worst or 3% at best
and they’re pretty large too
cost src
For the cybertruck? The design of the others are mostly reasonable, I would assume every replacement part for the cybertruck is much more expensive since it’s so fucking ridiculous. I’ve never had to replace a windshield fortunately so I don’t know how much they normally cost.
‘mostly reasonable’ they integrate into the roof glass and their shape makes them 10x the price of a new windshield
I can get a replacement for a 2010 Ford for about 200$
You might have misread, nothing about the cybertruck is reasonable, the other models are mostly reasonable. $200? Good to know.
I didn’t misread, I was referring to other tesla models in mass production
Ah ok, maybe I’m misreading then. Are you saying the roof glass for the other models is very expensive? The windshield on the other models seems pretty generic.
Yes, the design in the model X, Y, and S are all unnecessarily fancy and expensive, coupled with slow production and supply chains.
The cyber truck is just taking those problems and exacerbating them
Yeah the roof glass probably should have been optional. The X is pretty silly, after the cybertruck I think the X is the next most ridiculous. Your only SUV is the only car you make that isn’t compatible with a roof rack? Really? I like the S, it’s fancy and expensive but it’s a luxury sedan and is absurdly fast, it’s allowed to be fancy. The Y and the 3 are mostly the same car. The glass roof is neat but unnecessary and should have been an option. Also, I’m not sure which years/models have it but I think most/all if the newer models have that double wall glass to keep noise down. Not sure how much cost that adds but that could have been an option too.