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1. Lol at 17:51. I guess employees once tried to use it to store their lunch?
2. New cars plastic Junk. They all look and sound the same and if you sneeze at them the wrong way. They won't run. To much computer crap.
3. Great example of how Ford wants to build volume not quality!
4. wow
5. those are Speed Concept 9 frames at 20:32.
   
   one of them might have been mine!
6. That is strange. A Ford plant with a manager speaking at min 4:37, and at the balcony behind the speaker, high in the air for everybody to see,--is the Japan company name "Komatsu".
7. Oh my!
   
   They also have a collection of solar panels that produce 500 kilowatts of "sustainable power".
   
   On a sunny day (about 2.5 per week), that is about 4 hours a day in Michigan where they are actually producing 500 kilowatts of power. Ar peak power production--that will light up 5000 100w light bulbs.
   
   Did you think those solar panels ran all the machinery? Nope---just the light bulbs, and I am sure that fails here and there on cloudy days.
   
   HOGWASH!!
8. Hey kids...lesson for ya
   Notice the commentary as the robots paint the car, "This technique reduces CO2 emissions 10-20%" but the reality is that this technique is more efficient and so more cars can be produced, because more get painted more quickly. Result? More CO2, not less. It is just a small note about a big problem - never, ever just settle for per/unit or per/mile figures. Always ask about the bigger picture.
9. cervelo all the way
10. How hard would it be for this Ford plant to re-arrange to produce war time equipment? I imagine this question will be answered in my lifetime.
11. I'm