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542458last Wednesday at 3:05 AM2 repliesview on HN

> The value it brings to the table is mass-manufacturing expertise.

I don't see how that squares with the ramp-up and QC issues that are well-documented at this point.


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dzhiurgislast Wednesday at 8:07 PM

How does it square up with being most reliable vehicles according to consumer reports?

Or Hyundai EVs breaking down 10x more often than worst ICE cars according to ADAS.

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JumpCrisscrosslast Wednesday at 3:08 AM

> the ramp-up and QC issues

They’re shipping. Nobody else is (in America) for battery electrics at that scale.

That doesn’t port perfectly to robotics. But it’s a good enough fit to give them, at the very least, a seat at every auction.

(Tesla also has cheap acquisition currency in its stock.)

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