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Poor Performance of Tesla Factory Robots

The goal of manufacturing 2,500 Tesla Model 3's per week was falling short by 500 cars/week, and employees had to be "borrowed" from Panasonic in a shared factory to help hand-assemble lithium batteries for Tesla.

Date it happened
2016-10-08
Organisation involved
Tesla
Product, system or model
Manufacturing robot used in Tesla factories to produce the Model 3 car, performing tasks such as stamping, painting, welding, final assembly, and battery insulation.
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