BMW CEO Zipse when asked about Tesla Giga Castings, Oct 2021
He would not call that “Giga casting.” These parts are made through “a normal casting process”
Zipse, “there is no economic reason to have very large integrated parts in these vehicles”
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He would not call that “Giga casting.” These parts are made through “a normal casting process”
Zipse, “there is no economic reason to have very large integrated parts in these vehicles”
Category: famous last words
BMWs CEO Zipse continued talking about Giga Castings
“To a very large extent has substantial remedies, which we don’t want.”
BMW would be primarily concerned with repairability costs: BMW thinks they would get “too expensive.”
BMWs engineers make a huge technical mistake
“To a very large extent has substantial remedies, which we don’t want.”
BMW would be primarily concerned with repairability costs: BMW thinks they would get “too expensive.”
BMWs engineers make a huge technical mistake
CEO Zipse continued, “partially lower manufacturing cost is overcompensated by casting costs.”
Like always in mass production initial higher investments are compensated by each incremental part produced big time
That's basic production math Zipse seems not to understand
Like always in mass production initial higher investments are compensated by each incremental part produced big time
That's basic production math Zipse seems not to understand
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