Peak production at the 370 acre facility on the outskirts of
Silicon Valley topped 400,000 cars and trucks in 2005.
I've been on tours of several plants, include GM's Delta Township plant which at the time was the most automated in the world as well as the factory we're discussing (NUMMI both Pre and Post Tesla ownership).
The thing that makes me skeptical with Tesla is the amount of custom work they need to do. Some of the GM / Toyota plants have higher throughput, but that's because they're largely just assembly buildings. Tesla is custom forming many parts on site, far more than a typical assembly building. It would be hard to scale many of those areas without huge investment.
Very interesting, even with a big investment to try to scale their tooling that doesn't happen overnight. At the very least it could be a difficult/fun challenge for someone to take on.
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I've been on tours of several plants, include GM's Delta Township plant which at the time was the most automated in the world as well as the factory we're discussing (NUMMI both Pre and Post Tesla ownership).The thing that makes me skeptical with Tesla is the amount of custom work they need to do. Some of the GM / Toyota plants have higher throughput, but that's because they're largely just assembly buildings. Tesla is custom forming many parts on site, far more than a typical assembly building. It would be hard to scale many of those areas without huge investment.