Elon Musk's Tesla has definitely grown a couple of times over even to how it was operating 10 years ago. According to a certain Tweet by Viv @flcnhvy He previously opened the Tesla Fremont factory exactly 10 years ago. Both GM & Toyota abandoned the NUMMI plant but it was reportedly Tesla that brought the factory back to life.
Exactly 10 years ago today, Tesla opened its Fremont factory! GM & Toyota had abandoned the former NUMMI plant, but Tesla brought it back to life.
2010: 1000 employees
2020:>10,000 employees
"I really am a big believer in manufacturing. Manufacturing is underrated" - @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/zcXjzhPRYi — Viv (@flcnhvy) October 27, 2020
Tesla's growth through the years included restoring a factory
The company back in 2010 was said to have only 1000 employees working directly under Tesla but now, in the year 2020, the company has grown to more than 10,000 employees all around the globe. The post even referenced Elon Musk's statement regarding how much he believes in manufacturing and how the whole manufacturing industry is now very much underrated.
The conversation then started with Elon Musk replying stating that the factory actually had zero employees left after GM/Toyota exited the scene. It was also stated that GM/Toyota took all of the good equipment as well as sold the rest as scrap. Elon Musk described the whole scene to look "apocalyptic".
To the best of my knowledge, literally zero equipment was usable without major repairs or upgrades.
Most of the factory had no equipment at all! Even light bulbs were missing in some areas.
GM & Toyota took everything that worked & moved it to their other factories. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 27, 2020
Elon Musk reportedly had to restore almost everything in the factory
It was stated that everything that was left were just broken bolts and equipment that were also worth anything when it came to its scrap metal value. Elon Musk then stated that the company started to scourge for spare parts and were able to fix the said "trusty old bots" eventually bringing the factory back to life.
When asked if there was any equipment left in the factory that was "remotely reusable" by another Twitter user Jason Of LRRWD Y @jgrano305, Elon Musk then claimed that to the best of his knowledge, there was literally zero equipment they could deem as usable without the need for major repairs or even upgrades.
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Factory repairs had to be done
It was stated that the majority of the factory also did not have any equipment at all and even light bulbs were reportedly missing in a number of areas. GM & Toyota reportedly took just about everything that was still working and transported it to the other factories that they owned.
In order to properly see just how big the renovations were, it is important to check out the video to see the before and after of the Fremont factory and how it was molded into one of Tesla's powerful manufacturing arms.
A before and after picture was also uploaded to Tesla's official blog showing just how much work had to be put in in order for the factory to be up and running.
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Written by Urian Buenconsejo
