When watching a
video by Cheddar on how Tesla navigated through the chip shortage, one thing that stood out was how
$TSLA was willing to cut corners and deliver cars that weren't fully finished and at the same time, rewrote the code of the microchips they had to make their cars as functional as possible.
Meanwhile,
$F $GM and other legacy automakers chose to not cut corners because
- they don't have a team of coders that can rewrite the code on the microchips and
- they weren't willing to deliver unfinished vehicles to customers
in the short term, Tesla has benefited significantly by being able to record high delivery numbers. But in the long run, it's going to lead to massive problems. By
cutting a steering component, there's a concern about the safety of driving the car on the road. Tesla's engineers might think that the component isn't important. Only time will tell if it's truly important.