“The Slate Truck Will Fail” - (Or will it?)

[1yeliab_sufur1]

I’m thinking of some wraps and 3d printed mods for the slate like fallout,warhammer40k,Elden ring,retro stuff I see the warhammer having the most outside parts to make it look like a warhammer miniature truck. Making it look like it’s bolted together with massive well rivet bolts vents with lighting golden Aquila on the side with the quote the emperor protects on the back XD would be cool

 

[EverythingSlate]

I’m thinking of some wraps and 3d printed mods for the slate like fallout,warhammer40k,Elden ring,retro stuff I see the warhammer having the most outside parts to make it look like a warhammer miniature truck. Making it look like it’s bolted together with massive well rivet bolts vents with lighting golden Aquila on the side with the quote the emperor protects on the back XD would be cool

We must be on the same wave length because I was also thinking of doing a fallout themed vehicle! Haha- hence why I made the Mr house reference earlier 😂.
Printer is a flashforge adventurer 5m pro but I’m tempted to grab a Bambu lab p1s since it’s on sale.

 

[1yeliab_sufur1]

We must be on the same wave length because I was also thinking of doing a fallout themed vehicle! Haha- hence why I made the Mr house reference earlier 😂.
Printer is a flashforge adventurer 5m pro but I’m tempted to grab a Bambu lab p1s since it’s on sale.

hell yah XD I’ve been eyeing the Bambu x1 carbon with the multiple colors my dad has one my prusa getting old I’ve had it sense it came out

 

[E90400K]

140k / year. Not possible with the Warsaw plant, not even a tenth of that
So? Where is the next plant, and how can they get it online in less than a year?

Answer: they get bought, any bets on who is bidding?

I think 270 vehicles per shift (2X shifts) in a 1M square foot factory is achievable.

 

[1yeliab_sufur1]

Well if they want to produce the 150,000 that they are going for they would need to produce 600 on a 5 day work schedule but if it’s a 7 day work schedule they would only need to produce 411 not including holidays in the maths and 25 cars in 1 hour for the 600 and and like 17.25 cars for the 411

 

[nstrains10]

140k / year. Not possible with the Warsaw plant, not even a tenth of that
So? Where is the next plant, and how can they get it online in less than a year?

Answer: they get bought, any bets on who is bidding?

I'm not a manufacturing expert but I think you're forgetting that they are not planning on a conventional auto assembly plant. Pretty much the same thing rolling off the line and a huge reduction in parts/assemblies. And no paint to boot. 😄

 

[EverythingSlate]

I'm not a manufacturing expert but I think you're forgetting that they are not planning on a conventional auto assembly plant. Pretty much the same thing rolling off the line and a huge reduction in parts/assemblies. And no paint to boot. 😄

Solid points

 

[sodamo]

I'm not a manufacturing expert but I think you're forgetting that they are not planning on a conventional auto assembly plant. Pretty much the same thing rolling off the line and a huge reduction in parts/assemblies. And no paint to boot. 😄

Me either, but I suspect they envision an efficiency not available in conventional auto manufacturing based on battery as only variable and that is probably not a major adjustment.

 

[Paul Rodgers]

I think 270 vehicles per shift (2X shifts) in a 1M square foot factory is achievable.

270 in an 8 hour shift?
Thats a truck every 100 seconds!

In a place that was a printing plant up to last year!

Maybe in year-2, or 3, but not out of the gate

My bet (I'll put a $100 bill down) is that IF THEY GET INTO PRODUCTION, first year will be less than 20,000 units. I'll measure that time from the date they deliver first production vehicle to a real paying customer , to 365 days after that. (may I volunteer to be first?)

If I'm wrong? best 100 I ever spent, I'll get my slate early.
ooh, but wait, 2028 is a leap year! it may be 366 days if they cant deliver before March-2027

 

[E90400K]

270 in an 8 hour shift?
Thats a truck every 100 seconds!

In a place that was a printing plant up to last year!

Maybe in year-2, or 3, but not out of the gate

My bet (I'll put a $100 bill down) is that IF THEY GET INTO PRODUCTION, first year will be less than 20,000 units. I'll measure that time from the date they deliver first production vehicle to a real paying customer , to 365 days after that. (may I volunteer to be first?)

If I'm wrong? best 100 I ever spent, I'll get my slate early.
ooh, but wait, 2028 is a leap year! it may be 366 days if they cant deliver before March-2027

Slate has its production target at 140,000 units per year so thats 270 cars per shift. I was simply visualizing that many cars processing through a 1M sq. ft. facility. I worked in a manufacturing plant outside of Baltimore that was 1M sq. ft. and 270 cars easily fits within that space. Whether Slate ramps up to 535 cars per day right off the bat would be an achievement for sure, but I can see that capacity coming out of the Warsaw facility.

That was my response to your position that the Warsaw facility is not big enough to produce 140,000 trucks annually and another plant would be necessary. Now you are changing your tune and stating it is a rate issue and not a space issue. Keep the goal posts fixed, brother.

 

[Paul Rodgers]

Sorry if I confused folk. I think it is a rate issue. Seems unreasonable to me to build a new line, and go to 2 shifts, in less than a year. Nothing to do with the square footage, it's getting everything coordinated

They do have a lot in their favor though. No paint shop, and a lot of simple assembly, fewer parts, so perhaps fewer or simpler robots.
so if they come up running in 2026 I would expect them to hit full production in 2027, means I'll get mine early 2027, I hope.