Slate factory up and running - photos & video (A New Day in Warsaw)!! 👷‍♂️🎬

[BobbyMcGee]

 

[Adam W]

The Slate Factory is up and running. Check out the latest from Warsaw, Indiana.

 

[BlackFlagBop]

Does the factory look a little small to anyone else?

 

[Adam W]

Comparing one of the first looks we got at the frame to the current one coming down the line, there's been a lot of small design changes. It's looking so good!

 

[BobbyMcGee]

Does the factory look a little small to anyone else?

Robots don't need space. This thing looks highly automated. Which is good.

 

[GrizzlysGhost]

Does the factory look a little small to anyone else?

It does look a little tight; I'm sure it's very efficient. Still better than anything I've put together in Satisfactory 😂

 

[sodamo]

So exciting. Good lead to 6/24

 

[KJRaven]

Does the factory look a little small to anyone else?

I can't imagine that they need much space to build one product with only 600 ish parts and no paint booths. Their whole goal was to make this truck simple. I'm sure that once they get rolling they will be able to produce them very quickly even with a small factory.

 

[lyford]

Robots don't need space. This thing looks highly automated. Which is good.

Robots don't need lights either, apparently!

Inside China's Dark Robotic Factories

 

[SparkYellow]

I saw the short version and came running!! 🤩🤩

 

[solartogo]

I wonder how many blank Slates they will pre-build before June 24th! Or before whatever the first delivery date is going to be. That is an unusual situation for a vehicle vendor.... to know that what they pre-build will be exactly what the customer orders... with the options piled up in another nearby warehouse to mix and match.

 

[SLingbart]

Does the factory look a little small to anyone else?

Looks more Normal compared to what Aptera has, Apples to Oranges comparison /s. still looks like they're getting the bugs out.

 

[fbthpg]

Does the factory look a little small to anyone else?

Sure, but they’re making one model and they are probably building the initial line before parallelizing and adding parts buffers, etc.

They have a minimally viable production so they know the production line front to back. They’ll scale line parallelization and part buffering from there, which take up a lot more space and capital.

 

[SparkYellow]

Robots don't need lights either, apparently!

Inside China's Dark Robotic Factories

It was "Zeekr" on the wall. Never heard of it before. 😳

https://www.zeekrlife.com/global/about

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waymo_Ojai

 

[EJensen]

Are these batteries?