China’s Electric-Vehicle Factories Have Become Tourist Hot Spots
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Thousands of people are signing up to see the highly automated assembly lines of Chinese EV brands like Xiaomi and Nio.

https://archive.is/J6fRf

Chinese EV brands, Xiaomi and Nio, offer regular tours for the general public this year, and three more automakers have announced plans to follow suit.

People who have visited the Xiaomi factory say they were struck by the amount of automation on display. The company says that the overall automation rate at the factory has reached 91 percent, with some production lines like casting fully automated.

  • DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml
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    8 days ago

    I remember touring one of the Mercedes factories in Germany many years ago and it was the coolest fucking thing watching an army of robot arms putting cars together. Of course they’ve since stopped giving tours (and I think closed the factory altogether?), probably because manufacturing in China is cheaper. >:(