Not exact matches
For example, Henry Ford automated
car manufacturing with the development
of the
assembly line.
But Nissan's Canton, Mississippi plant, though smaller in terms
of output, is just as impressive due to the variety
of car and truck models it's able to build on two
assembly lines.
One factor in its favor is the growing and monied class
of tech - savvy consumers who are willing to pay for novel, customized experiences — and for whom a standard
car off the
assembly line may pale next to the thrill
of the next newest, shiniest thing.
Another Twitter user, @dtweiseth, then joined the conversation to beg Musk for a «refurb»
assembly line, allowing owners
of older
cars to be able to more easily enjoy the company's newer technology rollouts without having to buy a new
car.
The robots, lightweight and mobile, are used for a variety
of jobs, including CNC machining, injection molding, and
assembly -
line tasks such as packaging eggs and sealing
car doors.
But they're going to learn in a hurry that although Tesla is sometimes thought
of as a high - tech hero
of Silicon Valley, when it comes to rolling
cars off an
assembly line, it's just like any other automaker.
The 23 - story - tall jumbo rocket carried a Tesla Inc Roadster from the
assembly line of Musks electric
car company as a mock payload
Employees working on a
car assembly line of France's Renault and China's Dongfeng factory in Wuhan, Hubei province, China on on February 1, 2016.
That effort started in early 2016, when Marchionne announced that the company would end production
of its two mass - market sedans, the Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200, and revamp the
cars»
assembly lines to increase production
of its more profitable products.
By the late 1970s, Japan's use
of assembly -
line robots in automobile manufacturing, which made human error nonexistent and boosted overall quality, sent shivers throughout the U.S. automobile industry, which was still assembling
cars by hand.
If one
car's done, the next one isn't, and it's already there, unsoldered at the precise spot that's just been done, rough at the precise spot that's just been polished» (Robert Linhart, The
Assembly Line [University
of Massachusetts Press, 1981], p. 16).
Her gifts — the downy - soft hands, the vision on the ice that allows her to see two or three steps ahead
of other players, the production so efficient and dependable that it suggests the
assembly line of a German
car plant — seem as easy to explain as her green eyes and her blonde drape
of hair.
It's like subsidizing the horse - and - buggy industry while Henry Ford is rolling
cars off the
assembly line,» said Blair Horner, Executive Director
of the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG).
Most
of the robots we know today — unglamorous devices like robotic welders on
car assembly lines and the Roomba vacuum cleaner — fall short
of those in science fiction.
Think
of it like an
assembly line, but instead
of putting a
car together, you are putting thinking together.
And I don't mean running down a big
assembly line with a bunch
of other
cars.
Shown during the Freep Film Festival, this riveting documentary delivers just about everything you'd expect: people who worked there, historical accounts, funny anecdotes and,
of course, grainy old footage and photos
of hand - built
cars with wooden wheels rolling off
assembly lines teeming with manpower.
Every
car coming down the Tesla
assembly line now carries an array
of sensors mounted in the bumpers fore and aft, forward - looking radar, an image - recognition camera, and 360 - degree sonar, plus connectivity to real - time traffic information.
On the outside, the sedan carries over many
of the distinctive design cues from the XC90, including the wide - mouth front grille, narrow headlights with «Thor's hammer» running lights, a pronounced shoulder
line along the side
of the
car, and vertical taillight
assemblies surrounding the trunklid.
Engineers,
assembly line workers, designers etc sweated blood to make that
car DRIVABLE... so for the love
of God, St GearHeaditis and if nothing else... out
of pure respect for the men (and women) it took to make that
car function...
The Cadillac ATS is a Michigan
car through and through — it rolled off an
assembly line in the state capital, Lansing — but it clearly wants to get the hell out
of here.
The previous are to a number design by committee
cars intended to appeal to the lowest common denominator buyer...
assembly line cars with the pretense
of being bespoke
Finally an American
car is driven away from the
assembly line, one
of about 400,000 that will be built this year.
First
of all, Toyota
of Naperville has a huge inventory that has examples from every
car, truck and SUV that rolls off
of a Toyota
assembly line.
He kept me informed
of the progress
of my
car from the
assembly line, shipment, and arrival at the docks in Maryland.
Rather than picking up our
car from a dealer, we were able to collect it from JLR's Halewood plant in Liverpool, where the Discovery Sport and Evoque are built, and have a quick tour
of the trim and final
assembly sections
of the production
line.
The last J - body
car, a 2005 Sunfire, rolled
of the
assembly line in June 22, 2005.
The Maserati Levante is built in a dedicated, completely refurbished and modernized area
of the Mirafiori plant in Turin; the first
cars have already come off the
assembly line and the market launch is planned for this spring in Europe, to be followed by the rest
of the world.
The Scion / Subaru twins rolled off their respective
assembly lines as two
of the best daily driver sports
cars for 2016 — as well as for 2014 when they were initially offered.
We're just a few days away from the unveiling
of the all - new Chevrolet Corvette C7 and GM has just released a new video teasing the
car's
assembly line.
The TL's list
of standard equipment is as long as the
assembly line that builds the
car, and it includes a truly excellent Panasonic stereo with eight speakers, a six - disc in - dash CD changer and DVD audio, which splits the sound into six channels for extraordinary results.
While we are all eagerly waiting for the new 2017 Lamborghini Huracan Performante a rather important milestone has been reached on the
assembly line in Sant «Agata... over a period
of 24 months, a total
of 201 Huracan race
cars have been built by Squadra Corse.
Like its predecessor, the new S208 will be available only in the Land
of the Rising Sun in limited quantities as only 450
cars are slated to hit the
assembly line.
The first production model
of the all - new 2009 Nissan Maxima today rolled off the
assembly line at Nissan North America's Smyrna, Tenn., manufacturing plant, signaling the return
of Nissan's flagship to its roots as a commanding 4 - door sports
car.
The five - millionth A4 rolled off the
assembly line in March 2011 and another production jubilee was celebrated in the fall
of the same year: the ten - millionth
car in the B segment since 1972.
We wouldn't be surprised to see the RS5 TDI hop on the
assembly line over the next couple
of years, but, if that doesn't happen, the electric turbo will find its way into other production
cars.
In a recent interview, Stefano Domenicali, CEO
of Automobili Lamborghini SpA, confirmed the production
of the new SUV will start in April 2017 at the new
assembly line in Sant «Agata, and the
car will be called Urus, just like the Concept prototype shown at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show.
Automobili Lamborghini SpA now has additional quality checks during the production
of the Huracán in Sant «Agata to make sure she adheres to the strict tolerances required, in fact the
assembly of this new V10 model is a lot more efficient compared to the Gallardo production... once the
assembly line is fully operational a total
of 13 Huracán per day can be built... with over 700 orders
of this
car in one month I'm sure the entire capacity will be required to keep up with demand.
Judging by how the maps in our
car were out -
of - date, Cadillac needs to develop a better process for updating the software in
cars coming off the
assembly line.
There's a reason for that; the fast and luxurious convertible is still a prototype as
of November 2014, with production
cars to start rolling off the
assembly line toward the end
of 2014.
Its origin can be traced to a muscle
car of the same name from the Vietnam War era.Another vehicle, a high - tech pickup the company calls a Power Wagon, draws its design from the first trucks that rolled off the
assembly line when the company resumed civilian production at the close
of World War II.
One
of the most eagerly anticipated sports
cars in the last 25 years - the Dodge Viper - starts rolling down the
assembly line Monday.
The width was dictated partly by marketing strategy — U.S. drivers were accustomed to large vehicles and the Pacer's occupants had the impression
of being in a larger
car — and partly by the fact that AMC's
assembly lines were already set up for full - size
cars.
Houghton said that factory workers
of the industrial age - those who worked all day on noisy
assembly lines and around loud machinery - used to aspire to own a luxury
car that offered all the quiet comfort
of a standard living room.
As a result, Honda improved the strength
of the bumper beam welds for all Fits built after June 2014 and has announced a «product update» to replace the beams free
of charge on
cars built before the change was made on the
assembly line (note: information about when a specific vehicle was manufactured is on the certification label typically affixed to the
car on or near the driver door).
On Wednesday, March 14 Hendrick visited the GM Corvette
Assembly Plant to see his ZR1 ceremoniously roll off the
line (which was built the first day
of ZR1 production, Monday, March 5) and start the
car.
She has a strange and varied work history, having held jobs in a hotel, a
car wash, an insurance company, an electronics
assembly line, an auto parts warehouse, a blueberry nursery, and as a truck driver and owner
of her own trucking company.
The exhibition will feature a new series
of «Negative Entropy» acoustic woven textile portraits derived from recordings
of Toyota - powered Jacquard looms, an
assembly line at a Toyota
car factory in Japan, and a server colocation center.
Her Negative Entropy series (2014) consists
of acoustic woven textile portraits derived from recordings
of Toyota - powered Jacquard looms, an
assembly line at a Toyota
car factory in Japan, and a server colocation center.
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