Tearing Down the Model T of Our Time - Autoline After Hours 284

There was a video ( [VIDEO] ) posted recently discussing the manufacturing tech within the i3; absolutely fascinating - the general gist being how this car is the Model T of our time. Perhaps it is a big loss or not that great; eitherway I believe the company will do just fine - they've set themselves up very well for the future unlike many of the other manufacturers in terms of brand, mobility, innovating / delivering on new tech / processes etc.

I don't follow the car industry but I did happen to catch this 2015 video of Munro talking about the BMW i3. He says things like "this is the watershed," "they invented new science," "this is the Model T of our time," etc. I got a whole new respect for BMW after watching that video. Munro even followed the production chain to Morocco while investigating the costing! [VIDEO]

If anybody is interested in this kind of thing, here is an hour-long talk with a freelance analyst who disassembled the BMW i3: [VIDEO] His agency is selling that report for $500,000. I found the whole thing quite fascinating.

I've heard a lot of good things about it, including in this somehow fascinating talk about a complete teardown: [VIDEO] tl;dr A guy who sells $500k reports of cars for competing manufacturers says the i3 is revolutionary (in materials and construction).

This is a really interesting discussion about the production tech in the i3. "Cutting Edge" and "Revolutionary" are used. [VIDEO] You can buy the report for $500k: [LINK]

I can recommend this video: [VIDEO] "Tearing Down the Model T of Our Time - Autoline After Hours 284" and [LINK] "BMW i3 Factory Production Tour"

For contrast, here's Sandy Munro on the Autoline Network show talking about his teardown of the BMW i3: [VIDEO]

> The funny thing is, had Tesla just said: we don't need to innovate upon lean manufacturing Or had they done it the right way like BMW did with the i3. Source: BMW i3 Teardown: An Electronics Masterpiece: [LINK] Tearing Down the Model T of Our Time: [VIDEO] (both are about the same teardown by Munro & Associates)