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How the fuck was "rip apart a Tesla" the very first thing they did when they decided to build a fucking electric car

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Nic Cruz Patane

@niccruzpatane

7h

Ford CEO Jim Farley, in a new interview, says he realized Ford had been doing EVs all wrong after his team ripped apart a Tesla: “When we ripped apart a Tesla, I was just absolutely flabbergasted. The Mach-E's wiring harness was 70 pounds heavier and 1.6 kilometers longer. We

8:57 PM · Mar 3, 2026

David Watson 🥑

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And … you know, I’d have been able to figure out the whole “make this lighter with less stuff” idea.

Invariant Perspective

@InvariantPersp1

Think you're missing a "not" in your sentence.

Staff Jupiter Notebook Scientist

Tesla engineers rip apart a Honda Civics so they learn how to build model 3 efficiently

Because they’re engineers. Duh. Nothing liberates an engineers mind like a competitor achieving something.

The other annoying thing about Elon is that no one believes he is ever right

I take it you’re not a car guy or grew up working on them.