Elon Musk explains the difficulty of building a Tesla first-hand

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Elon Musk is bringing together man and machine to make the Model 3, in a process that's led to the Tesla CEO spending nights sleeping at the factory to bring production up to speed.

While Musk initially described his new Gigafactory as the "machine that builds the machine," he admitted that "excessive automation" slowed Model 3 production in the early stages.

Musk noted that two days ago, he had to fly back from Germany at 2 a.m. to solve a sudden robotics issue.

Elon Musk is bringing together man and machine to make the Model 3, in a process that's led to the Tesla CEO spending nights sleeping at the factory to bring production up to speed. YouTuber Marques Brownlee — also known as "MKBHD" — uploaded a video Monday of an August 15 tour of the Fremont factory, giving fans a glimpse of the inner workings of Tesla's factory.

While Musk initially described his new Gigafactory as the "machine that builds the machine," he admitted in April that "excessive automation" slowed Model 3 production in the early stages after the July 2017 start. Musk found that humans are better at some jobs, like wiring on the Model X, which has to poke through holes and weave through, a task that's "super difficult for a robot… a pro human can do this super well, and it's hard for robots to do that" as there's "so much complexity and variation" with wire threading.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: I woke up at 4:30 a.m. for a week like a Navy SEALSee Also:Your opinion matters Join BI Insiders programA Gulfstream private jet believed to be carrying rapper Post Malone reportedly blew two tires and is trying to make an emergency landingThe 32 best things we ever bought on Amazon for under 25SEE ALSO: It looks as if Elon Musk has deleted his Instagram account

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