Hunter71294
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- First Name
- Hunter
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- Jul 27, 2021
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- KY
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- GMC 3500
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- Construction Equipment Rental
I agree to an extent. Right now its a crazy time and everything is in low supply. If you are coming out with a product you should know how hard it is. Yes, its very hard, but that's why they make billions of dollars. Elon Musk is always behind on products though. The CT delay is more understandable. The roadster and semi delays are just ridiculous. It seems like they don't have the technology yet to do it. And when they do Ford, GM, and everyone else will be needing tons of lithium and I would imagine another shortage there.It's clear to me that whoever truly gets mad about product delays (and I mean those that will actually spit hate and fire) doesn't fully grasp how hard it is, nor the complexities that are going on, not only from a design and production point of view, but from supply chain and political (to an extent) point of view too.
Rivian, Lucid, GM, Ford, Mercedes, BMW, Hyundai, Kia, Tesla... you name it - have all struggle to bring out products on time, or ramp up to volume production in a reasonable amount of time. Hell, most have struggled with both.
Bringing out a product is hard. Ramping is hard. Trying to do both, with new factories and multiple product lines, with parts constraints - is HARD.
It's fkn tough out there man - I think everyone needs to exude a bit more patience with ALL companies.
That being said, I would rather wait for a better product. I think the final specs are gonna blow the competition away.
Right now in the construction equipment industry it's 1-3 years if you order a product that they already have all the tooling for. Same with semi trucks. So I would imagine starting fresh right now would be an absolute nightmare.
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