No, he said that of "Today's auto factories" not of Toyota in particular.
>and he thinks Tesla will school Toyota
The title of the article says that, but it doesn't appear Elon ever did, at least he is not quoted as such in that article. He is claiming he thinks they can eventually reach, via great difficulty, 5% more production from that plant than Toyota did.
Last time I checked the big automakers all operate under Toyota's manufacturing philosophy (again, they literally wrote the book on this subject), and more than once Elon has dismissed industry's knowledge and experience in this field.
Even without involving Toyota, most of "today's auto factories" operate at a better efficiency and are producing higher quality vehicles in a larger quantity than the Tesla factories. Maybe Elon is right, but it's best to say that kind of things after you are proven right.
Read about GM's Hamtramck failures in the 80s for context on the ignorance of US auto brands as they tried to outdo Toyota after starting to lose the quality wars.
Also last time I checked, the big automakers investigated and then abandoned Toyota's manufacturing strategies, and it's the Korean manufacturers who have taken top quality marks lately while Toyota has fallen. GM and American manufacturers may have improved, but are still straight garbage when it comes to quality control... I dare you to buy a Buick.
You might be write, but as you said it's best to say that kind of things after you are proven right, and anecdotes and comments in a forum are hardly proof.
Also, anecdotes are data. They're not observational data, but they're data all the same. One or two anecdotes might not indicate anything, but when you're dealing with dozens or even hundreds of anecdotes from disparate groups of owners, that's data that something is seriously amiss with Tesla build quality.
I would prefer it if my car manufacturer wasn't selling out my personal details so I can be harassed for surveys.
It seems like an easy thing to motivate (share your Tesla story, learn about other owners', here's a free t-shirt) and confirm (what's your VIN). Much easier than other target audiences to develop a true survey audience...
Is there anywhere I can read about this? I was still under the impression that Kanban/Kaizen and the whole package are the state of the art.
https://www.truedelta.com/Tesla-Model-S/powertrain-reliabili...
From the article:
But that's just the beginning. Musk said he is considering a subterranean conveyance system that would carry seats and other sub-assemblies from nearby facilities to the assembly plant via new tunnels dug by The Boring Company, Musk's newest company.
"These things get increasingly difficult, but they're all doable," he said. "But I can see a path where we get to, say, 600,000 Model 3 production and 100,000 S and X, so maybe 700,000, which should be like almost 50% more than GM or Toyota got out of the plant. I mean that seems achievable."
> he thinks Tesla will school Toyota
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> These things get increasingly difficult, but they're all doable [...] should be like almost 50% more than GM or Toyota got out of the plant. I mean that seems achievable.
Musk has a lot of problems with idealism, but he seems to be pretty grounded here. Maybe still too idealistic ... But "seems achievable" === "Sillicon Valley hubris"? Should we stop with even thinking about improving anything?