Elon Musk says ‘if LEGO can do it, so can we’ about Cybertruck quality in leaked Tesla email

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Lykshares 1y Staff

Meanwhile, the door on my new Model 3 is crooked by 1/8th or so, and Tesla says it’s “within tolerance”

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Lykshares 1y Staff

“I can only assume that Musks post is poorly worded or he is clueless. Nobody is sourcing parts with overall dimensions on the order of a meter with typical tolerances of a few microns. This is especially true of non-machined cast or formed parts which will deform microns as they ...

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Lykshares 1y Staff

>If LEGO (...) which are very low cost

We have very different standards for "low cost"

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Lykshares 1y Staff

Lego precision and quality control is amazing. They use the same dies for decades. They are certainly the bar for consistency and quality. If Tesla can get anywhere near that level of precision they will be in a great place.

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Lykshares 1y Staff

NOBODY does it like Lego. Anyone who has bought off-brand copycat Chinese brick sets knows what amazing precision/consistency Lego pieces are built to.

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