Posted on 08/06/2013 12:26:15 AM PDT by Windflier
An amazing video of American industrial prowess, prior to WWII.
Had to be. It was 1936. I don't think cars were being manufactured like that anywhere else at the time.
Yes. That totally surprised me. I had no idea that manufacturing was that technically savvy in that day.
Thank you. I wondered what company that was.
The line workers seem well trained and perhaps they make their job look easy. Of course if you work with your hands while others are watching, as I often do, it's fun to make it look easy. That being said, look at the intersection between man and machine here in 1936. They already had four hands in a press requires four buttons pushed before the damned thing comes down.
It's probably fun also to show off the robots which the Tesla video did.
Closest I ever got to a monster assembly line like these was helping a plant layout guy from England working on a Jaguar plant. I was just the Autocad guy. He had a funny way of saying Jaguar, something like Jiggy-wire. Cracked me up.
I was impressed by that too. And just think, all of those machines were drawn up by hand — no computerized anything.
Seems like the line technology was better than the product.
I lived in England for about a year in the late eighties. As I recall, the Brits pronounced it, 'Jag-you-are'.
I live in Dallas now. The natives here pronounce it, "Jag-wire'.
Either way, it sounds strange to my California bred ears. Out there, we pronounce it, 'Jag-warr'.
Very, very cool. Watching these machines reminds me of a well choreographed ballet. Amazing stuff.
Actually, it’s a pretty cool word in that way. Of course in my midwest, Detroit accent I pronounce it as Jag-U-uar or jag-u-wire.
They’re in the old Toyota/GM JV plant.
Smart enough to set up shop in Nancy’s backyard ya know....
When I was a young man, they built big buildings, filled them with machines, called them factories, and built things to sell to the world.
When I was middle aged, they built big buildings, filled them with things made around the world, called them warehouses and sold them to Americans.
Now that I’m old, they don’t even build buildings anymore....
TSLA just reported earnings of $0.20 per share vs consensus estimate of ($0.17). Also beat on the top line $405 million vs $383 estimate. Sold 5,150 Model S vehicle in the quarter. Stock is up 9% after hours.
I agree. I’d buy one if it had a 500HP petrol engine and could be refueled at a gas pump.
otherwise it’s just a toy car to me and I have no need for it.
I’d say it’s a slam dunk short, except Musk is a Baraqqi partisan and crony capitalism trumps economic reality, LOL.
Very short sighted. They repaid their federal loan 10 years early and are free of any connection to the government. Way too many people here of FR see “electric car” and think government program. They is 10000% not accurate with TSLA and their ignorance is showing.
>”They sell enough to justify a assembly line and plant?
in the past 12 months I have seen 2”<
Reminds me of a Depression Era joke:
A guy is on a street corner selling Apples. His sign says, Apples $5,000 Each.
A passerby walks up and says, $5000 for an Apple, are you crazy?
The Apple seller responds, I only need to sell one.
I see “Electric Car” and I think Government Subsidy, funded by Taxpayers who can’t afford to buy an Electric Car, or any other Car for that matter.
Also short sighted since the Model S is $100K
According to Forbes mag, they make all their profit by selling "electric car credits" to other manufacturers.
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