I believe their long term game plan is to have several small factories scattered throughout the world, starting with the USA. I think that is mostly what Munro was working on. Making assembly easy and super efficient keeps quality control problems to a minimum. Having several smaller factories can make some things harder, but many things easier. When you have designed a super efficient factory that can produce 10K cars per year, you can replicate that operation over and over again near customer hubs. I could see a dozen factories in the US alone over the next decade. I am not sure if that will help with their future sedan and other model operations. Some parts may be common but most probably not, so they may have separate mini factories for different models. I did not read or really hear this anywhere, it just makes good sense to me.
I believe their long term game plan is to have several small factories scattered throughout the world, starting with the USA. I think that is mostly what Munro was working on. Making assembly easy and super efficient keeps quality control problems to a minimum. Having several smaller factories can make some things harder, but many things easier. When you have designed a super efficient factory that can produce 10K cars per year, you can replicate that operation over and over again near customer hubs. I could see a dozen factories in the US alone over the next decade. I am not sure if that will help with their future sedan and other model operations. Some parts may be common but most probably not, so they may have separate mini factories for different models. I did not read or really hear this anywhere, it just makes good sense to me.