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Where are the workers? Chinese smartphone/ consumer electronics company Xiaomi launches SU7 EV with 435+ mile range, with its body made in a fully automated hyperfactory every 76 seconds and cars starting for equivalent of £23k…

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Faisal Islam2 years ago

Welding workshop at the Xiaomi hyperfactory - 91% automated - 400 robots, with HD cameras… it can operate even in the dark

Faisal Islam2 years ago

“The steel aluminium body frame, we have 269 welding machines to achieve 100% automated production and… [unclear] we have the 36 robots to achieve 0.5 millimetres of assembly precision”

Faisal Islam2 years ago

100% automated Paint shop (also routinely automated in European car industry)… Xiaomi claims… “industry leading seven axis coating robots with 70,000 RPM, it can make the paint coverage extremely fine balanced. This produces a natural mural like flat and smooth finish..”

Faisal Islam2 years ago

CEO proud of the AMR robots that can replace forklifts/ internal transport around the factory…

Faisal Islam2 years ago

And … for good measure when the car is finished it can… drive itself off the production line with “Autopilot pro” software as standard…

Faisal Islam2 years ago

CEO Leo Jun, Musk/ Jobs style (and he name checks Apple abandoning its EV project and basically spends presentation comparing with Tesla Model 3) announces (£23k equivalent) price point to cheers… “we are actually losing money” he says

Faisal Islam2 years ago

Here is Lei Jun explaining the automation in the welding part of the hyperfactory…

Faisal Islam2 years ago

Also noted BYD taking prime spot at Westfield centre - my piece from last year…. Interested in @AndyatAuto view on above… he was on board of Chinese car company decades ago when the instruction came to focus on EVs… now big dilemma for Europe on acceptance or resistance here

Faisal Islam2 years ago

raise the following reasonable question/ dilemma (and no this is not an April Fool)… and note the above car is only being sold in China right now… but can the European/ US car industry feasibly compete with this globally… or are they too far ahead?… is this what “friendshoring” is about eg G7 teams up here.

Mueslician2 years ago

So this is where Skynet will make the Terminators. I had wondered.

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