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It's likely that their long term vision will entail a fully-automated production line (similar to Amazon's logistics goals). In fact it's necessary to churn out
by synaesthesisx 10y ago
It's likely that their long term vision will entail a fully-automated production line (similar to Amazon's logistics goals). In fact it's necessary to churn out units fast enough to hit their production goals. Their recent acquisitions in the factory automation (Grohmann Engineering, etc) will ultimately help alleviate these workers complaints, but perhaps at the expense of their jobs...
That said, there's no excuse for treating employees poorly, even if they're "temporary"...whether it's Tesla, Apple, or Amazon.
- khana 10y agoReach out to the UAW. Ouch. What needs to happen is increase the wages in the interim then seek to fully automate in 5 yrs. And THEN, we're all ready for Model T[erminator]s to start rolling down the line autonomously.
- walshemj 10y agoA robot fully capable of replacing a human worker is along way off car plants are always at the cutting edge of automation
- synaesthesisx 10y agoHowever, if you look at their manufacturing approach at Gigafactory 1 and the incredible amount of automation there (machines building machines) it's clear they're treating the factory as a modular, scaleable product than a traditional manufacturing facility. I suspect they intend to do something similar with the Model III - design a product/production line with automation in mind from the ground-up. The barebones interior of the new vehicle comes to mind...
- omouse 10y agowill ultimately help alleviate these workers complaints, but perhaps at the expense of their jobs definitely at the expense of their jobs. capital/owners get to keep all the earnings, the workers get nothing. this is why it's important for workers to be part of co-operatives or to have profit-sharing or more equity or shares.