'Your Turn': United Auto Workers Launches Campaign to Unionize Tesla
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'Your Turn': United Auto Workers Launches Campaign to Unionize Tesla::After the UAW won contracts with the Big Three, it's seeking to unionize 150,000 workers across a dozen companies including Tesla.
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Elon: more robots on order
That'll go about as well as the full self-driving capability of tesla vehicles.
Luckily there is no children working in Tesla's factories .......yet.
They originally over-relied on automation in their factories, to Elon's own admission. There's just some tasks that humans will always be better at, until we see a fundamental change in robotics. And no, the current AI fad is not enough.
They've been working to solve those problems as well so they are more robot friendly. One of the problems was the wiring harness being limp/flexible so they started using a more rigid wiring system.
Probably not good enough to have a robot replace it yet, but I bet a change like that also reduces the people hours required reducing head counts
Edit: I was just thinking about this more, and with the cybertruck now using ethernet in its 48v system, I wonder if this will be as relevant given there's less cabling. I guess even then it'd still be easier to have something rigid around it, but maybe it's not even worth it now.
I had forgotten all about that!
For every job you replace with a robot, you generally have to hire 3 robot technicians, 1 per shift.