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

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Sandy Munro discusses his comprehensive teardown of the BMW i3, highlighting its revolutionary carbon fiber construction and manufacturing techniques.

SPECIAL GUEST: Sandy Munro, Munro & Associates - A teardown analysis of the BMW i3 so complete that the company thought the secrets were leaked! All that and much more with John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design & Production; Lindsay Brooke, SAE. Get more video everyday at autoline.tv

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6 people recommend this

What people say. Recommended as a fascinating deep dive into automotive manufacturing innovation and the advanced materials used in the BMW i3.

_son Hacker News • Recommends

On “BMW Loses Core Development Team of Its I3 and I8 Electric Vehicle Line”

There was a video ( link to this 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.
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On “A Company That Tears Cars Apart to Find Out How They're Built”

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! link to this video
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On “Volkswagen and the Blame the Engineer Game”

If anybody is interested in this kind of thing, here is an hour-long talk with a freelance analyst who disassembled the BMW i3: link to this video His agency is selling that report for $500,000. I found the whole thing quite fascinating.
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On “ReachNow – BMW car sharing service in Seattle”

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

On “BMW Loses Core Development Team of Its I3 and I8 Electric Vehicle Line”

This is a really interesting discussion about the production tech in the i3. "Cutting Edge" and "Revolutionary" are used. link to this video You can buy the report for $500k: link
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On “Dyson to make electric cars from 2020”

I can recommend this video: link to this video "Tearing Down the Model T of Our Time - Autoline After Hours 284" and link "BMW i3 Factory Production Tour"
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TimJYoungon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Tesla's Simultaneous Brilliance and Incompetence Revealed in Teardown of Model 3”

For contrast, here's Sandy Munro on the Autoline Network show talking about his teardown of the BMW i3: link to this video
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On “Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack”

> 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: link to this video (both are about the same teardown by Munro & Associates)
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