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If you like this, there's an excellent 30 minute video following the Dacia Duster production line - https://youtu.be/32eWkuIHLoE?si=T-gud6AG1PCD1gep https://you
by leoedin 3y ago
If you like this, there's an excellent 30 minute video following the Dacia Duster production line - https://youtu.be/32eWkuIHLoE?si=T-gud6AG1PCD1gep https://youtu.be/32eWkuIHLoE?si=T-gud6AG1PCD1gep
It's much more relaxed, with little commentary - and really shows every step. Having done some very rudimentary work around manufacturing and testing, it's pretty incredible to see how much work - jigs, robot programming, test software etc - goes into the manufacturing machine.
- javiramos 3y agoExcellent video of the BMW i3 production line: https://youtu.be/pa5_tudyAF8 https://youtu.be/pa5_tudyAF8?
- sbierwagen 3y ago@5:27 Note the strange welded-aluminum frame the worker sets into the battery box. That's because the i3's battery is cooled by the AC system! What a tragic car. Discontinued in 2021. The material costs of carbon fiber are dirt cheap, so in theory it ought to beat aluminum for car structure. But once you get away from simple tubes, which can be fully automated, layup ends up being most of your costs. (Not helped by the fact that i3 carbon parts were made on the opposite side the of the planet and shipped to Germany) BMW's business case for the car had to be "once we make enough of them, costs will come down", but that never happened.
- hef19898 3y agoCarbon fibre is cheap-ish tp buy. Carbon fibre parts are the opposite of cheap so, especially load bearing and safety critical parts with complex geometries, those are quite expensive. The i3 was an interesting car so, and BMW for some reason fumbled the head start the car got them.