“Tesla is employing parallel building, while other companies use hundred-year-old assembly line practices.“
What companies specifically are using 100 yr old assembly line practices? Anything I’ve heard from any company since the robots started in indicates that the straight assembly line is long gone. Parallel/robot is being used by other companies than Tesla. Who’s not using it?
Everyone other than Tesla. Can you cite other companies building cars with single casting rear and front frames? Or building integrated battery floors that are integral parts of the mid-frame? And the list goes on, where these components are merged together at the end of the assembly process. No other manufacturer is doing this. All manufacturers are using robots. What Tesla is doing is to eliminate many robots with their builds.