&gt;  That actually is anecdotal evidence.<p>If it happened ONCE its anecdotal evidence.<p>If it happens repeatedly to different reporters around the world? That&#x27;s a statistic. The Model S drive unit is not reliable. Period. It doesn&#x27;t matter how &quot;simple&quot; an electric motor theoretically is, in practice, the Model S motor has clear drive unit issues.<p>&gt; Anyway, the Model S was explicitly the stepping stone project to get to the Model 3 (i.e. Musk stated this). They&#x27;ve probably learned a lot.<p>I thought the &quot;Roadster&quot; was when they were supposed to get all of these issues figured out. The Model 3 has to be built in a year in capacities of (wtf?) 500,000 &#x2F; year by 2018 or something.<p>There&#x27;s no room for experimentation here. Elon Musk is ramping up production extremely fast and has set stunningly high expectations.<p>---------<p>Now, don&#x27;t get me wrong, I think Tesla is a great company with a great vision. And that Musk is doing his best. But what I&#x27;m trying to say is that this company&#x27;s balance sheet, and reliability record with their cars is causing me some concern at this point.<p>I would like it if Tesla could succeed, but I&#x27;m not going to hold back on criticism just because I like their mission.