How did the moving assembly line change car production?
Ford's moving assembly line, introduced in 1913 at its Highland Park plant, cut the time to build a Model T from about 12 hours to about 90 minutes.
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Why were Model Ts only available in black?
Henry Ford reportedly said customers could have a Model T in "any color so long as it is black." From 1914 to 1925, black was used because it dried faster.
Where is the Tesla Model Y built?
Tesla builds the Model Y in Fremont, California; Austin, Texas; Shanghai, China; and near Berlin, Germany.
What is gigacasting?
Tesla uses huge casting machines to make the Model Y's rear underbody as a single piece, a method called gigacasting.
When did paper start being made from wood?
Paper was mostly made from rags until the 1840s, when inventors including Friedrich Keller and Charles Fenerty developed ways to make it from wood pulp.