Earlon Mask admits that the manufacturing delay of Tesla "Model 3" is caused by the robot

ByPeter Stevens

Electric car maker "TeslaMr. Eulon Mask, CEO of "Tesla Model 3We introduced plans to produce 5000 units per week in the second quarter of 2018 (April - June) by introducing robots to almost all the production lines of the production line. However, actual production of Tesla Model 3 has been at 2000 units per week, which is far below the plan. Regarding the reason why it is below the plan, Mr. Mask explains that excessive automation by a robot is causing a bottleneck in the manufacturing process.

Elon Musk Admits His Robot Problem Caused 'Production Hell' | Inverse
https://www.inverse.com/article/43677-elon-musk-tesla-robots-production-hell

Regarding the reason why the manufacturing plan has not arrived at the original schedule, Mr. Mask said, "This problem is caused by the large amount of technology that Model 3 has, so we need to work with people, not just on robots. "I explained that it is difficult to realize the complicated mechanism of Tesla Model 3 by robot alone.

Also, on Twitter, Mr. Mask said, "Mr. Mask said that Tesla depends too much on many robots to manufacture Model 3 and needs a lot of workers" against Mr. Mask , Tesla's excessive automation was a mistake, correctly speaking, my mistake, humans are undervalued, "he admits that excessive automation by robots was a mistake.

Yes, excessive automation at Tesla was a mistake. To be precise, my mistake. Humans are underrated.

- Elon Musk (@ elonmusk)April 13, 2018

In order to solve the problem, Mr. Mask is responsible for the production line from the beginning of April 2018. In some cases, he does not return home and sleeps at the factory, verifies improvement measures on the production line and confirms the influence It is said that it is. According to Mr. Mr., "It is possible to maintain 2000 units of model 3 per week", it explains that there is no influence on the number of production by verification.

ByTesla Owners Club Belgium

Mr. Mask said, "We estimate that the production volume of Model 3 will rise 3 to 4 times during the second quarter, customers who pre-ordered model 3 last year will receive it in about three to six months from now It should be able to do ", and it is clarified that delivery is expected to begin around July 2018 from October.