mindmachine said:I was wondering how long it takes from production start to finish? Anyone who had a production number and tracked theirs from start to finish, how long did the production cycle take.
I ordered my car back in April, start production was noted as happening on July 8th, and as of today still showing as still in production?
jtoast said:I know you said you didn't need an answer but I thought I would give you one anyway in case someone else surfs by.
I placed my order on June 2nd 2014
Car went into production on June 31st
Car finished production on July 4th
Car sailed to the US on the Columbia Highway on July 17th
Columbia Highway docked today, August 1st, in Brunswick GA and is offloading mine and other vehicles.
Per my dealer, I should have my car no later than the 15th but we shall see.
Mine took 8 days production start to end. Then another 8 days to Bremerhaven, and another 8 days to board the Lyra Leader (2 days through customs + 6 days sitting at port and ship loading). Current estimate is 27 days on the ship until it reaches Oxnard, CA (on 8/15). However, it did reach Porto Rico this morning, one day early.mindmachine said:Watching online I have never seen start to finish production in less than 9 days.
mindmachine said:Wow that is almost impossible to believe, Anyway June 30th there is not 31st of June, but only 4 days in production start to finish?
jtoast said:mindmachine said:Wow that is almost impossible to believe, Anyway June 30th there is not 31st of June, but only 4 days in production start to finish?
Just realized I looked at the wrong month on my calendar. It went into production on a Saturday so that would have been June 28th, not June 30th.
FrancisJeffries said:The second point made me wonder whether the choice of colour affects the delivery, because when I changed my order in April from Arrivani Grey to Solar Orange I discovered that my delivery date had moved forward from end of October to end of August!
Good move :lol: .
No, Loft.Leather interior?
FrancisJeffries said:When I had a look at the Facebook i3 Production vids, two questions struck me:
(1) when -and to what part of the nascent car - is the VIN allocated?
(2) The paintshop sequence made me realise that the spray booths must be used for a single batch of the same colour to ensure no colour mixing. (And one of the shots of the production line shows that they are all the same colour on the line).
The second point made me wonder whether the choice of colour affects the delivery, because when I changed my order in April from Arrivani Grey to Solar Orange I discovered that my delivery date had moved forward from end of October to end of August!
Good move :lol: .
Assuming that BMW uses the same robots for the i3 as they do in all of the other production plants, changing color takes about 30-seconds - they 'park' the spray head in a special socket, and pick up the new one, and are ready to paint. The fact that there were a sequence of cars all the same color was likely just a coincidence.FrancisJeffries said:(2) The paintshop sequence made me realise that the spray booths must be used for a single batch of the same colour to ensure no colour mixing.
One of the advantages of thermoplastic composite body panels is the capability to impregnate the color throughout the thickness of the material, meaning scratches will not show up as a different color. According to this article about i3 manufacturing http://www.automotivemanufacturingsolutions.com/focus/switching-on-to-electric:FrancisJeffries said:...The paintshop sequence made me realise that the spray booths must be used for a single batch of the same colour to ensure no colour mixing. (And one of the shots of the production line shows that they are all the same colour on the line).
All visible body parts are impregnated with colour, thus eliminating the need for a painting stage on the assembly line.
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