A New Way

[VicParticipant @vic]

[VicParticipant @vic]

To build a Car.

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[Andrew TinsleyParticipant @andrewtinsley63637]

So that's a new way of building a car? Sounds like more typical Musk b******* to me.

Andrew

 

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Edited By JasonB on 03/03/2023 14:47:15

[VicParticipant @vic]

Posted by Andrew Tinsley on 02/03/2023 21:21:47:

So that's a new way of building a car? Sounds like more typical Musk************ to me.

Andrew.

What’s with the profanity? Continue like that and folks will ignore you.
Secondly Tesla seem to be doing pretty well so far and have impressed a lot of people in the automotive industry:

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Edited By JasonB on 03/03/2023 14:48:08

[Bill PhinnParticipant @billphinn90025]

Posted by Vic on 03/03/2023 13:38:10:Tesla seem to be doing pretty well so far

Though the brand appears to have a few challenges to overcome if it's to retain its market share.

[UncouthJParticipant @uncouthj]

This is something Musk doesn't get enough credit for imo. Yes he's a dilettante venture capitalist, but he's also a savant manufacturing engineer. Space X was a pipe dream until he brought the industry out of the 70's production mindset! Now moon bases are genuine probability in even some of the more venerable of our lifetime!

No argument he's a marmite character, but I'm 100% in the love it camp!

J

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Yes please keep the profanity off the forum or you will be off too

[egaParticipant @ega]

I think that the BS word is vulgar rather than profane (ie blasphemous or obscene).

Is mere vulgarity forbidden?

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[mark costello 1Participant @markcostello1]

He has done much to make life better for Us. If He makes a few shillings doing it, more power to Him.

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Bit of a longwinded way of saying modular assembly. The Yanks were doing it with Liberty ships and then Victory ships in 1941. Pre-fabricated completed sections of the ship were made at remote workshops, trucked to the shipyard and welded in place in one go, instead of being made from the ground up on site as they went. They could build a ship in 42 days. Submarines were built the same way when I worked in the boatyard in the 1990s. Made in sections with all internals completed, then the sections were welded together like so many lengths of very large pipe.

It's a good idea and somewhat innovative in the car industry. But there is the usual cloud of Musk hype around it. Grain of salt may be required.

Interesting that even with all the automation and thus hardly any labor costs (comparatively) they are still proposing the new Tesla plant for Mexico where labour is cheaper than the USA. Will they never be happy until they get their cars made for free?

[Paul KempParticipant @paulkemp46892]

Posted by Hopper on 03/03/2023 23:21:25:

Bit of a longwinded way of saying modular assembly. The Yanks were doing it with Liberty ships and then Victory ships in 1941. Pre-fabricated completed sections of the ship were made at remote workshops, trucked to the shipyard and welded in place in one go, instead of being made from the ground up on site as they went. They could build a ship in 42 days. Submarines were built the same way when I worked in the boatyard in the 1990s. Made in sections with all internals completed, then the sections were welded together like so many lengths of very large pipe.

It's a good idea and somewhat innovative in the car industry. But there is the usual cloud of Musk hype around it. Grain of salt may be required.

Interesting that even with all the automation and thus hardly any labor costs (comparatively) they are still proposing the new Tesla plant for Mexico where labour is cheaper than the USA. Will they never be happy until they get their cars made for free?

And if they do (get them made for free) will they be giving them away?

Paul.

[Clive FosterParticipant @clivefoster55965]

Mexico plant could well be due to difficulty of getting appropriately skilled workers in the USA.

Probably supply chain issues too. US firms moving manufacture to Mexico has considerably boosted local supply chain and, correspondingly hollowed out the US one.

Political issues with getting permission to build factories in the US too.

Clive

[Andrew TinsleyParticipant @andrewtinsley63637]

My apologies if I caused offence with my use of "Bovine excreta" . I assumed that it was in total common usage. The use of the first and last letters plus filling in with asterisks, always seemed a bit pointless, as everyone knows the meaning of such a representation! However if I have offended then my apologies.

As to the content of the OP's video. I just smile, Mr Musk is at least 80 years too late to claim this as a new way of production. Just typical of the man, hype is more important than fact.

Regards,

Andrew.

[Andrew TinsleyParticipant @andrewtinsley63637]

My apologies if I caused offence with my use of "Bovine excreta" . I assumed that it was in total common usage. The use of the first and last letters plus filling in with asterisks, always seemed a bit pointless, as everyone knows the meaning of such a representation! However if I have offended then my apologies.

As to the content of the OP's video. I just smile, Mr Musk is at least 80 years too late to claim this as a new way of production. Just typical of the man, hype is more important than fact.

Regards,

Andrew.

[VicParticipant @vic]

Posted by Hopper on 03/03/2023 23:21:25:

Interesting that even with all the automation and thus hardly any labor costs (comparatively) they are still proposing the new Tesla plant for Mexico where labour is cheaper than the USA. Will they never be happy until they get their cars made for free?

Tesla want to make BEV’s more affordable. The thinking is that the Mexico plant will be making the new sub $25,000 model. Rumour has it that it may have a single piece casting for the chassis to cut costs but reducing the wage bill will no doubt help as well.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Vic on 11/03/2023 15:52:48:

Posted by Hopper on 03/03/2023 23:21:25:

Interesting that even with all the automation and thus hardly any labor costs (comparatively) they are still proposing the new Tesla plant for Mexico where labour is cheaper than the USA. Will they never be happy until they get their cars made for free?

Tesla want to make BEV’s more affordable. The thinking is that the Mexico plant will be making the new sub $25,000 model. Rumour has it that it may have a single piece casting for the chassis to cut costs but reducing the wage bill will no doubt help as well.

 

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However they end up getting them built, and by whom, I do hope that the recently-reported steering-wheel incidents are not indicative of a worsening approach to Quality Assurance !

MichaelG.

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Credit: Daily Telegraph

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 11/03/2023 16:21:48

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

If he can bring his spaceships back like they do in Thunderbirds then he's deffo got some engineering kudos

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Apologies for the hi-jack … but this is kinda relevant:

**LINK** https://apple.news/AtKirDX78TOqzQzikNhndag

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The world's first 3D-printed rocket is scheduled to blast off from Florida on Saturday on the maiden flight of an innovative spacecraft billed as being less costly to produce and fly.

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MichaelG.

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Edit: __ I’m struggling to find a non-Apple link to the story

[VicParticipant @vic]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 11/03/2023 16:12:23:.

However they end up getting them built, and by whom, I do hope that the recently-reported steering-wheel incidents are not indicative of a worsening approach to Quality Assurance !

Probably not quite as bad as last years Mercedes recall of 1 Million cars over brake problems.

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Or BMW’s 16,000 EV recall over possible total loss of power.

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