Jul 29 2013
How the Tesla Model S is Made | The Window | Wired
See on Scoop.it – lean manufacturing
If founder Elon Musk is right, Tesla Motors just might reinvent the American auto industry—with specialized robots building slick electric cars in a factory …
Michel Baudin‘s insight:
Tesla just released this promotional video showing glimpses of its factory, the former NUMMI plant in Fremont, CA. Tesla is partialy owned by Toyota.
See on www.youtube.com
July 29, 2013 @ 9:02 am
Isn’t this much, much more automated than Toyota’s factories? I se they use robots for placing the windshield, the seats, etc.
And aren’t they slower than Toyota? They take 3-5 days to complete the cycle, while Toyota generally only takes about 1 day (26 hours in their Guangzhou factory, for example).
I’d be curious to know what Toyota engineers think of this 🙂