Comments by "Smoker Joe" (@smokerjoe5231) on "Volkswagen Golf 8 production: Factory tour in Wolfsburg" video.

  1. Depending on the segment (small or large car), cycle times range from less than a minute to 3 minutes. A vehicle spends around 16 hours in the factory before being completely finished.
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  2. ​ @99Venom  Don't confuse a product with the machines to produce it. Every factories are highly automated. Hundreds of robots for handling, welding, gluing and so on. Processes are the same. Stamping, welding, painting, assembly etc ... (except for Tesla with their underbody in 3 cast aluminum parts). But even with high end cookware, your dish will not be good with bad ingredients. So th global quality of the product is mainly due to the car design itself. (quality of materials, clearance (gaps), soundproofing, waterproofing, maintenance, reliability etc ...)
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  3. Further more, not all robots are new brands. Carry over consist to upgrade a line to produce other models and next ones with the same robots and eventually replace the oldest ones by new ones. So telling the real cost is not that easy.
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  4. All car factories are the same.
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  5.  @99Venom  Designing car factories is my job. (body in white process, robotic and automation) So yep, car factories are all the same.
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