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Elon Musk Interview: 1-on-1 with Sandy Munro

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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

  1. “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””

  2. “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”

  3. “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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