Getting quality right is expected to be a critical challenge for the California-based automaker despite intense efforts to resolve what CEO Elon Musk has referred to as “production hell.”
“Our inspection revealed widespread shortcomings in fit and finish ,” wrote Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi, after taking the Model 3 for a test drive out of Tesla’s showroom in Brooklyn. “Tesla representatives acknowledged some of the fit issues, but stated that they believed that Model 3 was much further ahead than where Model X and S had been at this point in production.”
Consumer Reports removed the Tesla Model 3 from its Recommended Buy list because of quality issues even though the basic features were enough to win rave reviews.
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