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That is fairly simple. The main CapEx is installing a new line, setting up supply chain, acquiring robots, programming robots. Once you are done with that, you
by dmode 8y ago
That is fairly simple. The main CapEx is installing a new line, setting up supply chain, acquiring robots, programming robots. Once you are done with that, you then just need to crank out cars.
- blowski 8y ago> you then just need to crank out cars To my ignorant but cynical ears, that sounds like a developer saying “then we just need to deploy it”.
- 1123581321 8y agoMore like saying that once you have the chairs, desks and computers, you just need to write the software. The developer salaries are operating expenses (opex.)
- adrianratnapala 8y agoIsn't that the point though? That for building this kind of plant, you spend the money up front and then spend a lot of time, but less money, actually making it work. From the outside that will look like a reduction in CapEx (once the up-front spend is done) followed by a "mysteriously" cheap ramp-up in production volume.
- danmaz74 8y agoYes. Deploy at internet-scale while debugging a completely new approach. Which could work - or not.