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Tesla Factory Tour with Elon Musk!

15.6M views · Aug 20, 2018 · 15:20 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2018–2023

Marques Brownlee walks through Tesla's factory with Elon Musk, showing production lines for the Model S, X and 3.

Why Hacker News points people here: Mostly used as a reference clip, as a view of a modern factory or evidence in an argument, not as a recommendation.

What Hacker News said 3

Cites itmellingAug 2018

“Elon seems to be doing fine in this recent interview”

Recent interview with Elon on Tesla production

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Tesla is almost at 6000 Model 3’s a week. link And I believe that they’re building almost 2,000 Model X,S cars a week. At almost 400,000 cars a year, Tesla has got to be doing better than many expected. Elon seems to be doing fine in this recent interview: this video

in “Internal documents reveal the grueling way Tesla hit its 5,000 Model 3 target” · view on HN
Cites itmachdiamondsNov 2023

“there's a lot of yellow in this factory tour he did”

Factory tour used to rebut a claim

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You guys just believe whatever you read. Things that can easily be debunked with common sense. For example, there's a lot of yellow in this factory tour he did: this video

in “Sam Altman's been fired before. The polarizing past of OpenAI's reinstated CEO” · view on HN
Cites itchrisco255Dec 2023

“And here's a modern factory”

Example of a modern factory

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> The window where labor unions made mill, mine, and factory jobs something livable was quite short--1960 to 1980, roughly. I'm sorry, what? What do you think 2023 mills, mines, and factories look like in the United States? Here's a tour of a wheat mill: link Here's a modern coal mine: link And here's a modern factory: this video

in “Where Johnny Cash Came From” · view on HN