Official Tesla Model 3 thread

lorenfb wrote:

edatoakrun wrote:

EatsShootsandLeafs wrote:...I've heard of the rangers, but can tesla really afford to pay for them on a lower margin car like the model 3?..

A terribly inefficient method of servicing vehicles, that has never been affordable for the high-priced Teslas, contributing to the record of billions of dollars of TSLA corporate loses.

On a related note...wonder how much $ TSLA has lost on this 3, so far...

First Model 3 motor failure reported, Tesla engineers on their way to investigate

An early Tesla Model 3 owner has reported that the motor in his Model 3 suddenly failed, leaving the car inoperable.

TeslaWeekly has been in direct contact with the owner of the vehicle and has learned more details.

The owner of the Model 3, Stephen Day, had driven the car about 270 miles since taking delivery. He explains to Tesla Weekly, “The wife took it down the street 2 miles away to a meeting to show it off. She had a friend in it and was accelerating a little hard and it made a loud thud, like she hit something.”

He continues, “Then she lost all all propulsion and got the error on the screen that it needs serviced and may not start again. She pulled over and called support. Tried rebooting, powering off and on, walking away and coming back, etc.”

“They suspected it was a fuse. Hauled it off to the service center.” However, the technicians and service advisor at his local service center later confirmed that the motor had failed.

“Tesla is flying a new drive unit and engineering team out here.”...

http://teslaweekly.com/first-model-3-mo ... vestigate/

Tesla should've continued using an induction motor, or when switching to a PM motor not used JB Weld to attach the magnets
to the rotor.