ajmartineau
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When are we going to get some more pictures from inside the factory?
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Can your friend in Cuautitlan provide any estimate of the expected assembly line throughput of Mach Es? That's one of our biggest uncertainties these days in terms of figuring out when we get cars delivered.didn't know how much would be different from what "us" as public know compared to what it truly will launch with and be getting aka charge time, range, and hp. Could be increased like tesla later on with over the air updates.
Everything with a computer chip can be updated OTA so the possibilities are almost endless! Even the windshield wipers. Pretty amazing.
One thing I can think of since LR that changed is we did make the glass piano roof slightly darker tinted, what is or will be able in the few months of initial launch we are not allowed to speculate at this time. In the town hall meeting with Dearborn last week, ford has many things planned after the initial launch that will be updated, and info passed back to ford before the launch of the GT.
This one only required four minutes and 16 seconds for assembly.Can your friend in Cuautitlan provide any estimate of the expected assembly line throughput of Mach Es? That's one of our biggest uncertainties these days in terms of figuring out when we get cars delivered.
256 a dayRunning two shifts? So, 512/day?
So 256/day, 6 days a week, about 1,500 cars per week.256 a day
So maybe ~6000 built by Thanksgiving, which I'm guessing is the rough cut-off for making it to dealer lots for delivery in the US before New Years?So 256/day, 6 days a week, about 1,500 cars per week.
Yes and no. There's clearly some sequential patterns within the blocks of res numbers (which double as the order# in most cases). And in the broader sense they roughly correspond to date reserved. But there's also clearly lots of blocking and skipping involved too. And of course a number of res#'s won't convert to an order.Have we answered the question of whether or not the registration/order numbers are in fact sequential?
Not knowing how Ford does it, but will there also be batching - meaning like trims/options be made together, regardless of where the res/order # is in the queue - so in your example, someone with a higher # could see their car earlier if it is batched together with a bunch of low order # but same trim/option...right?Yes and no. There's clearly some sequential patterns within the blocks of res numbers (which double as the order# in most cases). And in the broader sense they roughly correspond to date reserved. But there's also clearly lots of blocking and skipping involved too. And of course a number of res#'s won't convert to an order.
So for instance, #10010000 is most likely ahead of #10020000. But that doesn't mean they're the 10,000th and 20,000th vehicles in the queue. I'd guess the 10010000 (if a US non-FE) is closer to being more like the 3,000th customer vehicle off the line.
Batching, if it occurs, will likely not be large enough batches for someone to notice in their delivery time. (Disclaimer: I know nothing)Not knowing how Ford does it, but will there also be batching - meaning like trims/options be made together, regardless of where the res/order # is in the queue - so in your example, someone with a higher # could see their car earlier if it is batched together with a bunch of low order # but same trim/option...right?
I'm only guessing here too, but... it likely depends on what defines the batch. (And now I'm talking ORDER batch, which is different than the reservation number blocking).Not knowing how Ford does it, but will there also be batching - meaning like trims/options be made together, regardless of where the res/order # is in the queue - so in your example, someone with a higher # could see their car earlier if it is batched together with a bunch of low order # but same trim/option...right?