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Saw this on Jay Leno's youtube channel: https://youtu.be/L6_9_HHLOSY

Everything about modularity seems awesome, but you can see panel misalignment in several shots. Are the component tolerances really going to be that low?

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I believe all of these previews are using pre-production units. Production units should be better built with better tolerances since it becomes all factory done, but that's definitely something you'd have to wait and see when it actually begins shipping.

That said, given the price point and the new-ness of the manufacturer, there's all but certainly going to be fit & finish issues.

Tesla normalized bad panel gaps in production EVs. I don't really think they matter that much as say suspension creaks, performance and reliability and general useability

Not a strictly recent thing --- I am still baffled that my father took possession of a new Ford Escort station wagon in 1981 where the front fascia was offset to the passenger side by a quite visible 1/8".

... in Teslas. Not in "production EVs."

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