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Leaked Email Shows Elon Musk Demanding "Sub 10 Micron Accuracy ” Cybertruck Parts (jalopnik.com)

submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Tesla is facing issues with the bare metal construction of the Cybertruck, which Elon Musk warned was as tricky to do as making Lego bricks

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[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 161 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If LEGO and soda cans, which are very low cost, can do this, so can we.

This man is a certifiable idiot, and I feel bad for anyone working for him.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I mean, to be fair, he's not entirely wrong, you can get that accuracy on larger parts given sufficient time, materials, tools, expertise, etc.

But a car has more parts than a Lego brick

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah anything is possible with enough time and money, it's just that is about the most textbook example of comparing apples to oranges I've seen IRL.

Also, I suppose Lego bricks might be considered low cost if you're a billionaire, but in the grand scheme of molded plastics they are very much a premium product.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah compared to car plastics they’re crazy expensive

[–] demlet@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Which will balloon the cost exponentially.

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Maybe he can build the truck out of LEGOs - it would cost about a bajillion dollars to make something that size, but maybe less than the parts he's demanding would be.

[–] drdabbles@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What happens when you put that large metal part in the sun? He is entirely wrong.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Well, of course. It doesn't change my statement though.

And the guys down the lab could go "well, we don't have to make it out of metal." And then it starts a rabbit hole of further insane requests that are technically possible, but to people unfamiliar with engineering (Elon) say "damn the cost" betting (incorrectly) that the time or financial cost to fulfill the requests is still profitable.

Happens to a lot of products, unfortunately. People making demands are better off knowing what the demand entails. When they do not, this is what we get.

He's also probably confusing his experience with Space-X too. He can't think critically, and it's going to be his undoing. I hope at least.