BMW I3 Production - Leipzig

[@simonreeves2017]

One of the many reasons I bought an i3 in 2019 was its unique design and construction. Making cars out of tin cans seems so old fashioned compared to this. A vehicle that will not rust, a body that resists those annoying car park dings, a light weight, high strength passenger cell make of carbon fibre - this is the stuff of super-cars, but you can buy one today for sensible money. It cost peanuts to run, produces no tailpipe emissions and requires almost no maintenance. The battery degradation many claimed would be a major issue has proved a damp squib- no one is having an issue.

[@dansmith6909]

Most ICE cars seem to be killed by electrical problems these days so "not rusting" perhaps isnt the major problem it once was. Something else will kill it in about the same time frame. That being said, that nice law Germany has about a manufacturer must provide parts for x years after a vehicle goes out of production, will really help these. Despite its flaws(nothing's perfect) the i3 is on my (very) short list of stuff i'm interested in buying.. Which says a lot. I'm inordinately picky when spending money.

[@FrozenHaxor]

They seem to have extremely stable chemistry with in-house made batteries. How is your car going nowadays?

[@FrozenHaxor]

@@simonreeves2017 That's nice to hear, I have 2 BMWs (both ICE) - a 2000 E46 and 2021 G20, the quality is great. In future perhaps I will get an EV.

[@seankirby2580]

As a chartered engineer I find the video remarkable. Most steps are shown from laminating the carbon fibre to final despatch of the vehicle. The automated stages are most impressive with robotic, high speed manufacture. I was surprised at the poor ergonomics with people walking back and forth to put trim pieces in their hangers. The final assembly really needs work. Far too many people ambling about with no real urgency. I know it's hard to automate this part of the process but a few good Foremen / Managers could get more out at vastly reduced cost. Overall, a superb piece of work, thanks.

[@ronnyskaar3737]

Too much urgency will jeopardaze the sustainability of the production.

[@aidenthecomputernerd]

Hey that’s my mom’s car! I’m glad to see the birth of my moms exact car!

[@stephensmith799]

Fascinating all the way through. There is so much that is striking here, a car for the future being the most important. I think that it is the beginning of the end for internal combustion. Yipee! I was surprised at how few women production workers there were at the factory (perhaps few apply?); how intricate the production engineering linkages are; how many non-production jobs (mental labouring and skilled fitting and diagnostics technicians) are created by factories like this, how quiet the factory is and the excellent safety levels attained. Finally, I want one of these cars. I was sitting in one yesterday and I like everything about the i3. I can even get used to the narrow tyres I think. This is BMWs best car as far as tomorrow is concerned. Petrol and diesel is for yesterday. Because our house is already powered by green electricity so will our electric car. Outstanding.....

[@xenomorph1317]

I used to work at a car manufacturing plant, it is very impressive and the robots some of the size of 2 á 3 humans working with four together in a fast manner is also very impressive. Those robots are scary and majestic at the same time.

[@pebre79]

Im not a fan of how it looks but i appreciate the engineering and work put into this EV. A good step in the right direction

[@raulcelaya9410]

Then your not a fan of BmW

[@danscar5277]

It grows on you. My car is is almost 7 years old and I’m still impressed of this technology and innovation from BMW. By-the-ways I still appreciate my 20-year old roadster and E46 coupe.

[@SandiaPeaks]

this makes me appreciate my i3 even more so. it's interesting how the humans do less technical work than the robots.

[@tjan249]

Check out the rhythmic sounds at 26:00, sounds like the intro to a great song! We have one of the these cars (a 2014 i3) and have visited this factory just outside Leipzig, and I like to think J S Bach (who is laid to rest only a few miles away) would be very impressed by all this German engineering.

[@dudusabertti5720]

tjan249 eedao Deedrdg

[@WhodatIzz]

this badly needs some annotation of what's going on at each step... but still very cool to watch

[@อานนท์เฮ้าตุ่น-ฉ7ฬ]

ขอ

[@stephensmith799]

I am halfway through. This is mesmerising.

[@ronsimpson7596]

Amazing what the human mind can invent to enable production of a car

[@ianbeswick4832]

Well thank you for putting all that together, it was quite the thing. The production process, the tooling and the product are in every way more complex, a thousand times over maybe than the gear the Americans sent to the moon and this item is there so that we can go get groceries!

[@enriquecabrera395]

The most impresive is the use of the AGVs instead of the typical coveyor belt

[@MsJelaa]

They are cutting body pieces with water jets?! That’s phenomenal to see that in action

[@estebanposadaduque6415]

... what a waste .... defenitely not very planet friendly ....

[@snakecold6755]

this is technology. shut up

[@suhaspatole5388]

Amazing technology BMW

[@Anthony-nx5yu]

The BMW i3 is an amazing car

[@justanotherdrunk]

on my 2nd i3 best daily driver city car available

[@bax442]

It's the most pointless car in history... Its absolutely terrible value for money

[@tubehax]

Is not ...

[@lawandamin3076]

It’s ok but not rlly

[@JD0509]

bax442 That means u dnt know about cars.

[@Shadow_Wolf_190]

I like how the car is a Body-On-Frame

[@maggsvamp]

the last parts seems to have looped back/doubled.

[@ChromoFed]

Fascinating to watch!

[@ChromoFed]

Who manufactures the orange robots?

[@dickindraridarwan1674]

@@ChromoFed ABB and Kuka

[@Venkatesh-iv3ex]

my first BMW seen in my life

[@christopherauito7262]

Pretty sure this is where SkyNet becomes self aware..

[@oneman7638]

my truck watched this.. it is now optimus prime. lol

[@thirumuruganr7961]

very nice look

[@roygardiner4002]

Mezmerizing.

[@sergiorasa]

Fantastic !!!

[@Darthvanger]

Insane technology!

[@lawandamin3076]

Great!!!!

[@JanRoj]

Amazing:)

[@johndean4998]

Fascinating, and better for having no musical accompaniment or silly drawling American narration ("wow!" "awesome!")

[@hughoxford8845]

Amen

[@wolfschindler8921]

No American narrator speaking with a weird German accent.

[@norwegianzound]

I have one and it's a great car. Luckily I have a lot of "free" electrical charging points available here in Ireland. The heating and air con systems are rubbish though. It draws so many comments that I wait for there to be no passers by when I exit the car. It gets a bit wearisome answering the same questions.

[@fritzrue]

What an amazing video! I wonder how the engineers and IT guys got that all to work?

[@liamrobertson7265]

fartblaster. a bunch of code writers and a bunch of builders /fitters that's a 4 yr olds question

[@fritzrue]

So you could do this?

[@liamrobertson7265]

fartman crack, I'm a joiner. i make small items of old English furniture using English native timber like sweet chestnut, elm, oak i also have to look after my 79year old mum since my dad kicked it and her heart wanted to give up too and ive had to move close to her even tho my other siblings allready do im going to look after her just so they cant get their hands on her cash which seems to be the only thing they're interested in what do you do ?

[@seankirby2580]

They got "a bit of help" from ABB, Kuka, Siemens and all the other suppliers. BMW don't make robots.

[@mikejohnson599]

what a nightmare having to work in a plant like that year after year after year

[@tomystark5606]

Better then working in front of computer all days.

[@gsilva220]

Am I wrong if I think carbon fiber is awesome for one-off projects, but unsuitable for mass production?

[@folk.]

@irmux skeptic Challenges - not problems.

[@estevao-z7j]

impressionante essas maquinas

[@antonioojebo1387]

Magnifico, 75% de personal al desempleo, y vehículos 175% mas caros, quien los comprara?Los gobiernos los ejércitos las ONG etc. me encanta la robotica.

[@曹小清]

車子可以買就好了你們的車很好😃😊

[@huseyindinc6467]

Emre

[@pratheepanumaty4828]

สุดยอดหุ่นยนต์

[@MrTorrence69]

now u can see exactly y BMW is so expensive

[@gsilva220]

would love to know how much time that carbon fiber section passed into that final press curing.

[@H4N5O1O]

minutes see autoline after hours with sandy munroe i3 teardown

[@rogerhudson9732]

So they let humans do the simple stuff and robots do the clever precision stuff, very good. Make the quality very very high. See an old film of making a Porsche 911, men with hammers at some points.

[@wstauffer100]

Is the BMW I3 production in the Leipzig building once known as the GLASS FACTORY?

[@bonham1981]

Very likely, some of the workers in the video speak with a Saxony accent.

[@mondvogel6124]

I am assuming you mean the transparent factory ("Glaeserne Fabrik"); that's actually a VW factory, however also in Leipzig

[@user-uj5zc6vx2k]

Slience 🤖@work

[@mischamischto]

ist das eine fabrik

[@foxylady1048]

I would have brought it too, but the range is to small

[@raulcelaya9410]

They come with a range extender

[@maiming425]

how many vehicles a day ?

[@cjoe42]

4:01 whats going on here? Is it a cleaning process?

[@HierNameneingeben]

It's a plasma treatment. It activates the plastic surface for better adhesive bonding.

[@shadmonk]

Ed209 finally got a job...

[@claudiofranciscoe]

É o fim das fabricas que conhecemos Que nossos filhos vão fazer?.

[@H4N5O1O]

wow really hurts robots time when space to work compromised, in future just make all surfaces carbon.

[@ronsimpson7596]

Wonder who writes the software that runs the robots

[@wstanford5]

Looks like ABB did the automation, we use ABB in our control center in chemical manufacturing, the system is really precise, we only need one ABB software engineer to maintain the code on our whole facility.

[@reis1171]

👍

[@英毅-i1r]

3:47

[@الصفحةالخاصةاللشاعراحسانالقريش]

How much is it in dollars?

[@英毅-i1r]

18:20

[@DubinaStudio]

In my project there were normal doors.

[@josephbrennan4622]

Great video, so why are they so expensive ? don't say Technology, Air-fix have been doing this for decades....lol

[@S3-AI]

4:13 what's this???

[@mondvogel6124]

heat; they basically shrinkwrap the battery cells

[@airsoftandguns]

No, its atmosperic Plasma to help the Adhesive stick

[@antoniogoncalvescosta3083]

m oste pra gente a fabrioa de robôs!!!

[@CzeryGamer]

Sorry but this car is not BMW xD . This is Melex

[@snakecold6755]

shut up

[@1112223333111]

by the time you add up all the emissions to make the equipment in the factory, and all the parts, its already more than a gas vehicle put out in the 50's.

[@mondvogel6124]

oh you think a petrol car just springs into existence without a factory? moronic argument

[@fellpower]

As in every german car factory, the robots are sooo bad programmed....i dont believe, that nobody see that.....

[@DanielField2023]

Welcome Electric Bye Bye Petrol LOL

[@robj2704]

Depends on how valuable your time is. Personally, I wouldn't want to sit around at a charging station for a couple hours so I can continue on for 75 or so more miles until I have to stop again for a couple hours. Battery technology is going to need to improve greatly for this vehicle to make sense as a totally usable car. I suppose you could spend the $50,000 for this car and just rent a car whenever you need a vehicle to do what this one won't.

[@axel-fh9cs]

a dodjite u srbiju da vidie u kakvim robovlasnickim uslovima se proizvode kablovi za bmw,gde radnik radi u nehumanim uslovima za platu od 250 eura mesecno.

[@robj2704]

Current battery technology greatly handicaps the flexibility of electric cars. Batteries need to improve before the electric car is going to make sense as an all-around usable vehicle. Don't want to stop every couple hours to charge batteries. My time is more valuable than that. I guess you can just sit there and run the heater or a/c while you're waiting for the batteries to recharge all the while discharging the batteries while trying to stay comfortable in winter or summer. If it's a nice day you can sort of walk around and get some exercise if the charging area has such a space available. Or, you can just stop and rent a hotel room every few hours so you'll have somewhere comfortable to wait while recharging - and can probably do that for just a $100 or so. And, current production methods show this electric vehicle creates a dirtier environment because of the hazardous materials used in battery production than in a gasoline-powered vehicle and in disposal costs.

[@urzlprunft1]

Hässlich und teuer...na wer's mag

[@fawzi946]

طببطظططظ

[@kassandrakassablanka]

Ihr Gaylords… zeigt mal die Akku-Produktion.

[@Xyles7]

wird doch eingekauft. glaube nicht das BMW eine eigene Batterieentwicklung hat

[@el-hp1lj]

all that work for a car no one wants

[@KRITIEK]

e l all that money for a child that no one wants

[@fmartin59]

over 150k sold (mostly in Europe). It's totally undesirable bruh.

[@weaver03]

such a waste of carbon fibre

[@maransa1111]

Electric cars?. How come nobody is worry about the millions and millions of batteries that will have to be disposed of at the end of their productive live creating an enormous pollution problem to the earth when the cars are massified in the use around the world

[@mondvogel6124]

because you dont have to dispose them; batteries can be recycled very well

[@dickindraridarwan1674]

We all prepare for cars of the future