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Tesla thinks a grabbing stick is a good replacement for right-hand drive in the UK. (www.arenaev.com)
submitted 2 years ago by L4s to c/technology
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Order a Model S or Model X in the UK and you'll receive a left-hand drive car and a bonus grabbing stick.

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[–] PillowTalk420 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hold up... Why are they not making them with the proper configuration though? I used to work at Tesla's Fremont plant and part of what I did required slightly different work depending on if the current thing on the line was supposed to be left or right-hand drive.

[–] Kanzar 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Just not making them at all anymore. The few countries that are RHD aren't big enough markets for them to bother making the S and X for them anymore. We here in AUS are stuck with just the 3 and Y now, and any existing S and X models.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They're making them for Australia, which is the same side of the road as UK.

[–] Kanzar 2 points 2 years ago

We're not getting the S and X anymore. We're still getting the 3 and Y.

[–] PillowTalk420 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It just doesn't make sense not to make them when it literally was the same process to make a RHD as a LHD vehicle. It doesn't cost extra money or use extra parts. It's just "oh this part goes on this side instead of this side."

If they stopped making them entirely, it's more than likely out of spite than any other reason.

[–] Kanzar 1 points 2 years ago

I dunno, there's retooling a factory as well as team training for QC, and surely some parts would differ as it would be mirrored.