Tesla Semi truck unveil & test ride set for Oct 26th !

BenK wrote:
Am assuming Tusk also learned from that same Model 3 fiasco that True Dimensional Tolerancing played huge in that robot not being able to bolt the body to the skateboard pan

One part from a 'well maintained' stamping vs crafted & assembled from many parts has tighter tolerances

My guys quit during that fiasco (couldn't take Tusk's micromanagement and always claiming he was right and my guys wrong) and are now working down the road in Newark...my previous company's automated factory and is now Lucid's HQ

Grit dog wrote:
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How ironic. Not that this is not new technology....most all vehicle panels and uni bodies are stamped. Along with 100s of other parts in ANY vehicle.
But moreso, just hilarious that a vehicle that looks like the product of a high school sheet metal class or a very nice rendering of a Pinewood Derby Car, that the body panels could literally be made with a brake and a shear, is garnering the fascination of ole Elon8.1!

Ben he hasn't figured out the weight of .118 stainless. I'm thinking no one on his team has told him there was a reason for making the uber expensive model S out of aluminum.

I wonder how far they are going to kick that can down the road?