Munro Teardown Shows Tesla Model 3 Solidly Profitable [video]
That's bill of materials cost. What's killing Tesla is labor cost in assembly. Tesla has about 10,000 employees in Fremont, to produce about 3500 cars a week., per Bloomberg.[1] (No, not 5000 cars; they got up to 4500 once, though.)<p>Modern auto assembly plants typically run about 15-30 labor hours per car.[2] Tesla's Fremont plant is somewhere over 110, even in good weeks. In bad weeks, the ratio is much worse.<p>The point of the teardown is that the design isn't inherently expensive. If Tesla ever gets their assembly plant working properly, they could make money.<p>Musk commented "go to Ford, it looks like a morgue", after apparently visiting the Ford Rouge plant. Ford's PR person replied "No doubt the vibe is funky in that 'makeshift tent,' but it's not bad either across the street at the #FordRouge plant where a high quality, high-tech F-150 rolls off the line every 53 seconds like clockwork." That's what's supposed to happen. Cars coming off the line at a steady rate, union workers not being worked to death.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-tesla-tracker/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-tesla-tracker/</a> 
[2] <a href="https://www.motortrend.com/news/toyota-chrysler-have-north-americas-most-efficient-plants-1859/" rel="nofollow">https://www.motortrend.com/news/toyota-chrysler-have-north-a...</a>