SHOCKING Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory BREAKTHROUGH. 95% Robotic, 4X Faster Production of Model YL
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#70JJ5)
Tesla Giga Shanghai's only needs ~2.5 hours to build a Model YL end-to-end. This is a 75% reduction from Tesla's pre-2023 internal KPIs of 8-10 hours, achieved via unboxed parallel assembly (where subassemblies like chassis, battery, and interior converge simultaneously rather than sequentially). For context, VW's legacy plants clock in at 20-30 hours per vehicle, ...