How Audi Electric Motors Are Made for Electric Cars? (Mega Factories Video)
The Audi e-tron is a series of electric and hybrid cars shown by Audi from 2009 onwards and powered by Electric Engines. In 2012 Audi unveiled a plug-in hybrid version, the A3 Sportback e-tron, released to retail customers in Europe in August 2014, and slated for the U.S. in 2015. A decade after the unveiling of the first e-tron concept at the 2009 International Motor Show Germany, Audi's first fully electric e-tron SUV went into production in 2019.
The e-tron GT is a four-door all-electric grand tourer unveiled at the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show. It will be built on the same platform as the Porsche Taycan. It is fitted with an 800-volt system, which substantially reduces charging times. The vehicle is driven by two permanently excited synchronous electric motors with a combined power output of 434 kW (582 hp). A 90-kWh lithium-ion battery powers the e-tron GT's electric engines and enables it to travel up to 248.5 miles (400 km) according to the new WLTP standard.
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Thank you for not using a irritating background music !
You are welcome !
Seconded! The relaxing sounds of the machinery are better than any music :)
This isn't place for background music!!!
Some days, I'd rather have irritating background music if it meant I didn't have irritating typos.
Amazing video! No background music and no voice over made the video much more interesting to watch.
Glad you liked it. Which process you liked the most ?
@@engineeringworld. I loved the coil making process. I never knew it was a mixture of automated and hand made process. I always thought it was a fully automated process. But nice to know that there is a human touch to it. I also liked that when the adhesive is put on the engine and both the ends are put together, the adhesive is so strong that that machine can lift the engine without screwing it down.
10:36 That must be some good adhesive, I thought the drive end was just going to fall off. Unless there was another machine that put some bolts in that wasn't shown.
I enjoyed it but I really wanted to see the testing when it started up for the first time. I felt like I was invested in watching it being born and then robbed of seeing it actually doing it's first run!
Maybe in our next video next Friday ! ;)
Most satisfying bit? All the little bots transporting things everywhere.
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Wow. My favorite process was when the woman was putting sleeved on the copper wire. Satisfying to watch So much automation it's scary but incredible
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the sewing machine in the end of the coil making and the knot tying in the end of the sewing were asthonishing
Makes the work so much easier and efficient. And did you see observe the precision of the whole knot tying process? Really impressive!
@@engineeringworld. yes
It's funny because if I saw the motor, I would have looked at it and said wow they had someone sew a nice net over it! I would have assumed that was on of the manual tasks.
The manufacturing of the VW Group's electric motor is amazing. This replaces so many machining operations necessary to make an internal combustion engine. The engineering that went in to the fixturing and assembly process shown here is mind staggering. Truly this is the future!
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This is very good. Curious - are there more steps not shown for making the rotor (center spinning part with magnets) ? Or is it in the shaft ?
The amount of engineering and sequence planning that goes into the robotics and parts design is WAY above my 'paygrade.' But it it is interesting to watch. The precision of today's manufacturing is amazing... and encouraging. Henry Ford would proud of us later generations of humans.
The most impressive robot had gloves on. What kind of designer makes that?
Good observation there!
fascinating
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Like always amazing!
Crazyyyyyyyyyy
Only a small fraction of humanity contribute to our ongoing evolution. How much more impressive would we be if that number was much higher.
Machinery level 💯
How much does the whole production facility cost?
More than £1,000
Meanwhile in Pakistan, similar motors are built almost by hand in primitive conditions.
That's astonishing.
Are such processes going in india... If yes, where??
Most of the modern factories and manufacturing units are employing latest technologies to become more productive and India is no exception.
Wow
ASALAMUALIKUM. PEACE. Unlike an I.C. ENGINE. ELECTRIC MOTOR IS VERY SIMPLISTIC VERSION...BUT ELECTRIC MOTOR IS VERY VULNERABLE TO WATER...LIFE LIMITED TO WINDINGS ..STILL AN CLEAN ENERGY MACHINE..SHALOM. PEACE. SALAAM..
Everything got its advantages and disadvantages. Thank you for sharing your feedback.
How are they planning to scale this process up for production?
That's a very interesting question.
Tesla figured it out; Their Fremont factory builds an entire Model 3/Y at an average of every 8 minutes; which means every process step is at least that fast. If a single step takes longer then that, they split it into separate lines that do the same thing. (For example: if the motor test takes 24 minutes, they'll have 3 lines do motor tests at the same time, so its still an average of 8 min per motor.)
Why are you asking us how they are made?
So few people...
So many jobs replaced by robots. Almost makes you wonder why they dont bother replacing the last few remaining human jobs.
It’s seems like a lot of work went into making a highly specialized solution. That’s cool I guess, it seems wasteful though. On the other hand I guess there are many uses for those motors. Can you get one without the Audi? Lol. I don’t like the product mentality I think it limits our creative power, but here’s to people getting off the butt and trying lol.
What seems wasteful about it?
Working with SW automation I see a lot of room for improvement in efficiency :)
"Electric engine". That's not what we call it. We call it "traction motor".
Awesome video, thank you. upvote #: 420. Giggity...
The manufacturing process steps executed by the robots seem altogether too slow; it could stand to be improved. The human steps are the bottlenecks in the process, but the robotics parts can be accelerated somewhat while still maintaining the deliberate precision of actions. Improved productivity can be achieved here.
How so? Moving 10s of kilograms of objects at speed and to within a fraction of a millimetre every time takes lots of power and torque with precise sensors and control systems. But only an engineer would understand that.
Fully in agreement with you
Ah yes, they should’ve consulted you instead of spending millions and collaborating some of some of the best minds on the planet to develop these systems. I’m sure you’d have come up with something better.
I dont like semi auto productions. Full auto or bust.
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Damn, as a Tesla employee, that is the slowest process I've ever seen. Someone would be fired if cycle time was that bad.
Wow, looks incredibly inefficient.
The motor or the production process?