SAN FRANCISCO: After Tesla’s Model S sedans and Model X SUVs roll off the company’s Fremont, California assembly line , the electric vehicles usually make another stop — for repairs , nine current and former employees said.The luxury cars regularly require fixes before they can leave the factory, according to the workers. Quality checks have routinely revealed defects in more than 90% of Model S and Model X vehicles inspected after assembly, these individuals said, citing figures from Tesla’s internal tracking system as recently as October.Some of these people saw problems as far back as 2012. Tesla said its quality control process is very rigorous, designed to flag and correct the tiniest imperfections. Getting quality right during initial assembly is crucial, they said, because repairs waste time and money.At Tesla “so much goes into rework after the car is done ... that’s where their money is being spent,” a former Tesla supervisor said. A Consumer Reports survey found 91% of Tesla owners would buy again.

Source: Economic Times November 29, 2017 18:56 UTC