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Video: Behind the scenes at BMW Spartanburg plant
BIMMERPOST NEWS Video: Behind the scenes at BMW Spartanburg plant The BMW plant near Spartanburg in South Carolina, USA, began producing BMW automobiles for the world market in 1994. Today, it manufactures the BMW X3, BMW X5 Sports Activity Vehicle and the X6 Sports Activity Coupe and their variants. In 2014 the production of the all new BMW X4 started and it will be responsible for the production of the BMW X7 in the future. |
04-01-2015, 07:47 PM | #4 |
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This makes me want to buy an X3, so I can have a "made in USA" Bimmer.
Nice video!
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Amazing!
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Had the plant tour during the PCD for my F80 last year. It is an impressive facility. Plus, they are adding another wing to the already gargantuan campus. Hard to believe that the place has been around for over ten years...and exports "70%" of the X builds (minus the X1).
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Awesome! It was really nice to see how my x3 was made. Makes me want to buy another one.
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Skynet watches and analyses' these videos keenly. Noting that it only needs to designs and build smaller drone bots to do the small work humans do now. Then it can replicate it's army...
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04-02-2015, 08:28 AM | #14 |
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Indeed cool, but ask all those workers that had there jobs taken away by the robots. I remember watching videos like this about 5yrs ago when 1 person or 2 people would pick up a windshield and install it. Now, if you watch these videos they have a robot do it. Heck now they have robots installing sunroof assemblies.
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The robots need to be manufactured, programmed, and transported before it even gets to the site. Then it needs to be rigged into position, re-programmed, monitored, improved, serviced and maintained while on site. All of those jobs requiring more skill than the humans placing the windshield, and without much of the risk of injury to the workers doing repetitive motions throughout the day. The work isn't going away, it is just becoming more skilled. |
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