At best, Tesla factories are currently comparable to the state of the art in terms of car factory automation.
At best, Tesla factories are currently comparable to the state of the art in terms of car factory automation.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/984882630947753984
I have watched most all of Sandy's videos; they are orthogonal to assembly automation. The exceptionally impressive things Tesla have done in later revisions of the Model 3/Y (particularly the octovalve and the rear body castings) are related to advanced manufacturing methods which reduce part counts. Not factory automation.
Sandy is very good at styling himself as a premier industry expert—and he's quite likely one of the greatest automotive manufacturing experts on YouTube. But I don't think most serious automotive manufacturing experts are spending much time posting on YouTube...