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I don't know, the robots already don't like working.

 

Would that make them members of the IBEW, International Brotherhood of Electric Workers?

 

I don't know but it wouldn't help. Tesla or an outside supplier needs time from a car design to production. Both tesla and the suppliers have some initial quality issues. Anyone familiar with car manufacturing expected this. Its being worked out. If a particular supplier is bad they need to switch suppliers. When the model S was introduced suppliers didn't believe tesla would ship as many cars as it did, and it was hard for them to get competitive bids from tier 1 suppliers. That is not the problem now. Its a matter of trying to do it much faster, plus trying to ramp production faster than is normal for the industry because of high deposits.

On seats for the model X, tesla went with Futuris instead of tier one supplier like Adient (which was JCI automotive group back then) or ZF Group. Volume is now high enough that these top seat producers. Fururis has even been acquired by adient, so they now have the designers and manufacturing experts to do the work. I can't really believe its strategic for tesla to make seats. Toyota uses adient seats in its north american produced vehicles, and work with manufacturers to design seats to their specifications. Its a lower margin business which is why JCI spun it off.

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We are all in trouble when the tesla robots become self aware. I think tesla would be wise to steal away some of the toyota, bmw, and mercedes manufacturing people in North america. I believe robots are strategic for battery pack assembly, paint, and welding. Tesla though thought they could ramp up the robots to do more, and more quickly, than industry standards then sell the manufacturing technology. Maybe they should stick to designing the cars and autopilot system ;-)