Elon Musk Interview: 1-on-1 with Sandy Munro
What it is
Sandy Munro interviews Elon Musk at Boca Chica about Tesla production, mega-castings, seats, structural battery packs and the difficulty of mass production.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN uses it as a primary source on Tesla manufacturing and engineering decisions and Musk's grasp of product detail.
- 3 people recommended it
- 3 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2021, last 2023
What HN commenters said
“Just watch the interview they used as source.”
Primary source interview beats noisy news articles
space_rock, 2021-02 · Recommendation · in “Elon Musk admits Tesla car quality flaws, says mass production is “hell””
“Check out this video of Musk and Sandy Munro (former Chief Engineer at Ford) talking about it”
Musk and Munro discuss gigacasting and assembly simplification
nickik, 2021-03 · Recommendation · in “Tesla orders its first 8k-ton Cybertruck casting machine”
“Here's how it went down at Tesla straight from the horse's mouth.”
Musk explains bringing production in house
nebula8804, 2023-02 · Recommendation · in “The Cost of Shadow Work”
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Topics: elon musk, sandy munro, gigacasting, mass production, tesla
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