Tesla is moving to a McDonald style system; create a few big giga-castings of the main car body parts; create modules that fit exactly into those castings, assemble the few modules and castings in a few simple steps.
these steps minimise human or eliminate human use, and encourage either robotization, or task simplification to such an extent that labour can easily be replaced with another with minimal training.
example from autoline channel, showing how simplified the assembly system can become with the casting base:
this means that ICE vehicle skills are becoming exceedingly irrelevant. Obviously not everything is gone, but imagine how simple it is to train or replace fast food workers; or how easy it is to assemble furniture ikea-style. A lot of ICE- skills are now not required in EVs, and these workers will have to find alternatives.
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Tesla is moving to a McDonald style system; create a few big giga-castings of the main car body parts; create modules that fit exactly into those castings, assemble the few modules and castings in a few simple steps.
these steps minimise human or eliminate human use, and encourage either robotization, or task simplification to such an extent that labour can easily be replaced with another with minimal training.
example from autoline channel, showing how simplified the assembly system can become with the casting base:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lawGMl8sHzc
And Tesla is just going further with the casting
https://www.reuters.com/technology/gigacasting-20-tesla-rein...
https://youtu.be/0Ukp4tm0JkM?t=196
this means that ICE vehicle skills are becoming exceedingly irrelevant. Obviously not everything is gone, but imagine how simple it is to train or replace fast food workers; or how easy it is to assemble furniture ikea-style. A lot of ICE- skills are now not required in EVs, and these workers will have to find alternatives.
Striking just delays the inevitable.