Munro & Associates CEO Sandy Munro and Mark Ellis, senior lead design consultant, recently sat down with Sean Mitchell of All Things EV to discuss the Tesla Model 3, EV technology and manufacturing, and the upcoming Tesla Model Y.
The discussion covers a variety of topics, nicely outlined by Sean here:
- What does Munro & Associates do? 1:06
- What is your technical background? 3:03
- What are traditional automakers doing well with EVs? 5:13
- What pending EV are you most excited about? 11:38
- Why are we not seeing more competitive range EVs from traditional OEMs? 13:57
- Do EV makers need to create their own cells to be competitive? 16:22
- Will Tesla get into the battery raw materials business? 22:01
- Why is the Model 3 over-manufactured? 26:44
- Is a 204 mile e-tron and 235 mile I-Pace viable for the luxury EV market? 31:25
- What do you make of Rivian’s product and will Ford take advantage of their tech? 36:41
- What did you discover between how Tesla and others approached overall design and manufacturing? 45:36
- You’ve compared Tesla’s hardware tech to what you see in fighter jets, can you expound on that? 52:50
Interestingly, Sandy shares that Munro has plans to acquire and tear down an early Model Y. He’s most interested to see what changes Tesla has made to the body, as well as what the wiring looks as it’s reduced from over a kilometer to a few hundred meters.
Check out the full video here: https://youtu.be/i93VJ1PEp6o
