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Robots indeed build cars, but not from start to finish. Especially customisation and snapping delicate plastic trim pieces in place is still done by hand.
by Tade0 5y ago
Robots indeed build cars, but not from start to finish.
Especially customisation and snapping delicate plastic trim pieces in place is still done by hand.
- batmansmk 5y agoHumans spend 15h to 60h of labour to build a car. After, humans worked on individual parts, shipping, loading etc. My rule of thumb is that there is about 10% of manufacture cost that are direct or indirect cost connected to payroll. If I may add another axis of reflexion that I consider fundamental for modern engineers to consider, food for machines for producing a car (44% natural gas when smithing things) is about 15 to 25% of the energy cost to use the car in its lifetime, according to the EU. Or about 2,400 euro of a 8L/100km car. So in a world where energy gets more expensive, automation needs to definitely evolve, but not solely to be faster or replace more humans. https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2396/pdf https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/9/2396/pdf
- glitchc 5y agoEven 60h seems low here. Do you only mean assembly? Tacking on parts manufacturing, sub-component assembly, and software is likely to increase that estimate by a factor of 2 to 5.
- batmansmk 5y agoThe numbers are coming from Toyota, Peugeot and Renault. You can take the financials - manufacturing payroll is its own category.