Automation is enormously expensive, human technicians are incredibly cheap, in the short term. Tesla probably doesn't have the capital yet to buy a huge array o

Automation is enormously expensive, human technicians are incredibly cheap, in the short term. Tesla probably doesn't have the capital yet to buy a huge array of robot arms to assemble their cars. The smaller the company, even when building cars or airplanes, the more likely you'll see everything hand-assembled.