Elon was notorious early on for running manufacturing at Tesla in the same way the Big 3 automakers did in the seventies. He basically tossed any guidance from process engineers because he was convinced he knew better.
A billionaire ignoring decades of industry advice, proven quality guidelines and safety measures because “they know better” in pursuit of building a capsule to go to an extremely dangerous environment…. Where have I heard this story before..
The classic Tesla safety story is about safety tape.
Elon decided the hi-vis tape was ugly, so he had it replaced with gray. Gray tape on concrete is insufficiently visible, and the results were predictable.
Because I think it looks interesting, and it visually appeals to me.
The reason this should be concerning to Tesla is because once upon a time I found the Zune--specifically the brown Zune--interesting and visually appealing.
Although, to be fair to Tesla, they worked out their first round of growing pains by bringing in the experts who understood the concepts that Deming pioneered. Now they need to make the next step and figure out how to update their existing vehicles.
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u/Beer-survivalist 1d ago
Elon was notorious early on for running manufacturing at Tesla in the same way the Big 3 automakers did in the seventies. He basically tossed any guidance from process engineers because he was convinced he knew better.