National Geographic

[Mr H]

Thursday 20th August at 9pm

Made in a day - Episode 1, Tesla Model 3

Schedule

 

[DanAndTheBeard]

Thursday 13th at 9pm*

 

[Mr H]

oops you're correct

 

[Masklin]

Just a reminder this on in a little over thirty minutes as I type...

 

[Gamemeister]

Tuned in

 

[JupiterMan]

In case you missed it (like me) it is on again Monday at 8:30pm

 

[Mr H]

I had to laugh when the guy said ' the robots fit the body panels with pinpoint accuracy' and did anyone spot the GRAND DAHLIA ?

 

[SteveBM3]

I laughed when they dubbed in engine noises when they were being driven off the end of the production line

 

[Masklin]

I had to laugh when the guy said ' the robots fit the body panels with pinpoint accuracy' and did anyone spot the GRAND DAHLIA ?

The pin point accuracy comment certainly caused a guffaw here

 

[MrBadger]

I had to laugh when the guy said ' the robots fit the body panels with pinpoint accuracy' and did anyone spot the GRAND DAHLIA ?

Did they mention the other production line manned by people under pressure to get the car to the next stage.

I don't have access to discovery, but curious to know how they fit the windscreen, ideally the manual line if anyone can post a screen grab please! All sorted now but we got a scratch on the inside of the windscreen and a puncture mark in the headlining - I'm convinced it was done when fitting the screen.

 

[Masklin]

Did they mention the other production line manned by people under pressure to get the car to the next stage.

I don't have access to discovery, but curious to know how they fit the windscreen, ideally the manual line if anyone can post a screen grab please! All sorted now but we got a scratch on the inside of the windscreen and a puncture mark in the headlining - I'm convinced it was done when fitting the screen.

They didn’t show any of the glass fitting that I noticed. The only really interesting bit for me was an all too brief few minutes about the batteries inside the Gigafactory.

It was all very light and fluffy, padded out with some EV history and the like.

 

[DanAndTheBeard]

I had to laugh when the guy said ' the robots fit the body panels with pinpoint accuracy' and did anyone spot the GRAND DAHLIA ?

Was it actually GRAND DAHLIA?!

 

[Mr Miserable]

Was it actually GRAND DAHLIA?!

Yes it was.
The GRAND DAHLIA has made the trip to Zeebrugge several times: May 19, Oct 19 and of course in Jul 20.

 

[NewbieT]

I have seen (in person) the robot fit roof glass on the MS production line so the robots do do the activity. Interesting many manufacturers are using laser scans to check measurements at key stages, can’t remember if Tesla do this (I guess not for panels and glazing).

 

[Jason71]

At least it wasn't car SOS

 

[Dingleberg]

This program was so bad!
I think there was about 7 minutes of good Tesla footage, the rest was weird stats and some school bus we didnt tune in for.

 

[john19951]

In the next program immediately afterwards it said all the guitars made in the US piled together would be the size of a large pyramid. Strangly they said the same about Tesla batteries in the Tesla program.

I wonder if you piled together all the hype from Elon it would also be the size of a large pyramid.

 

[MrBadger]

I wonder if you piled together all the hype from Elon it would also be the size of a large pyramid.

It would probably reach Mars

 

[Mr Miserable]

It would probably reach Mars

..by the end of the year.

 

[gcm3]

I laughed when they dubbed in engine noises when they were being driven off the end of the production line

Likewise. Why would they do that? You'd think Tesla's PR department would have had final say over all footage involving their cars or factory.

Surely everyone (including the sound editor during production) knows that EVs don't make that noise?!