Sandy Munro, expert of the automotive industry in lightened design, overflows Tesla in a new video

April 6, 2019 by Paul Fosse

The Detroit area's weekly Autoline After Hours recently invited Sandy Munro back to talk about Tesla in China. Munro was one of Tesla's most skeptical skeptics, when he compared the build quality of Model 3 to a "90s Kia". After spending a little more time demolishing model 3 and learning more about it, Sandy started to like the company. and had many more compliments to say about the company, including calling the model 3 electronics "as an engineering symphony"

In October, Munro and Associates destroyed a second model 3 and criticized the body for its over-engineering, while stating that it could be built for less than $ 30,000, thus offering Tesla good margins even on the $ 35,000 car.

This year, Sandy continued to talk about what he had learned by destroying two Tesla Model 3. He explained that the car was equipped with "military grade" electronic components, explained why the electric motors are so superior to those of competition and emphasized Tesla's leadership in the electric motor: "They have magic, the electric motor is smaller and lighter than the competition. but outperforms everyone. "

Sandy Monroe talks about Tesla and her recent trip to China

In this week's video, Sandy begins by talking about her trip to China. I have documented the things that caught my attention in case you would not have 90 minutes to listen to the entire video.

• 6:00 – He talks about his two new reports on the cost of building the Tesla Model 3 in China. He also mentions the special relationship in China with President Xi, where Tesla got land, help for the construction of the factory and special citizenship. Tesla is also the only foreign company to have been allowed to build a car factory without a local partner.
• 12:00 – Munro mentions that Chrysler and more recently Toyota bought his research on Tesla, but not GM and Ford.
• 13:00 – He mentions: "No one has electronics like Tesla."
• 14:00 – Tesla goes from 1.8 km of cable in model 3 to less than 100 meters of cable. This is enough for the power wire, so communications must be wireless
• 3:00 pm – He trusts "Tesla software more than anything else".
• 16:00 – Most major Chinese companies are interested in his reports.
• 17:00 – The vertical integration of Tesla saves him from yielding profits to suppliers.
• 18h00 – "If you do not create the engine, the battery and the circuits, you are not a company, you are a reseller. … they have bad, intelligent engineers.
• 8:00 pm – "Their engineering is to die for." It became a slot machine for Sandy, providing information about Tesla. He is amazed at how many people want to know about Tesla.
• 9:30 pm – Sandy mocks financial analysts by claiming he knows the analysts who claim to know the cars, and that he knows they are not torn in a car.
• 23:00 – He thinks that they can build a factory in China in a year, which would take 2 to 3 years in the United States.
• 25:00 – CATL, Panasonic, LG and others are building huge battery factories in China.
• 27:30 – Tesla PCBs have antennas on their cards. China is working to catch up with Tesla. GM and Ford do not realize how far they are.
• 30:00 – He explains how Chinese incentives disappear.
• 43:00 – He went to China 6 times and every time he was surprised and impressed by something.
• 44:00 – It predicts that there will be no new gasoline engines released after 2021 or 2022. "If you are an engine engineer, you'd better be at the same time. business school at night. "
• 48:00 – Toyota publishes 24,000 EV / hybrid patents, but it hints that it's a Trojan horse. If you waste time looking at Toyota's patents 5 years ago, you're wasting time.
• 51:00 – Tesla engines are the lightest, most efficient and most powerful.
• 55:00 – "I was shocked by the performance of Model 3!"
• 57:00 – "I had the habit of racing, and if you want to go fast, you want an EV."
• 58:00 – "Tesla technology is REALLY different from all the others."
• 60:00 – "Elon is the only hero in the United States."
• 62:00 – Motor trend A reporter says, "Teslas is superb to drive."
• 64:00 – Tesla builds cars that dazzle people with quality driving and "haunting" features.
• 65:00 – Sandy says, "If I were 35 or 25 years old, I would buy a Tesla for the sake of driving."
• 69:00 – Super bottle integration of heating and cooling everything is great.
• 78:00 – "Tesla kicked the European builders, what they accomplished is extraordinary."
• 86:00 – Sandy said, "I do not own any Tesla stock, but I think she's going to be a real winner."

Conclusion

Like so many Tesla critics, Sandy has come full circle. He began by criticizing Tesla's manufacturing quality, but since he spent last year dismantling two models 3, he has become more and more a cheerleader for the company. The difference between Sandy and many other cheerleaders lies in the fact that he has plenty of unique insights and ideas based on decades of experience in the automotive industry.

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About the author

Paul Fosse Software Engineer for over 30 years, I first worked on EDI software and more recently developed data storage systems in the telecommunications and health sector. Along the way, I've also had the opportunity to help create a software consulting firm and manage the portfolio of multiple investment trusts. In 2010, I became interested in electric cars because gasoline became expensive. In 2015, I started reading CleanTechnica and interested in solar energy, mainly because it threatened my oil and gas investments in my investment trusts. Tesla Investor. Tesla referral code: https://ts.la/paul92237