All right guys
so as promised we are checking out every single stage of creating a telluride and
obviously a very crucial one of those is the actual manufacturing process for
This kia flew us to West Point Georgia, which is the only place in the world where Telluride is produced
Now usually cameras are not allowed inside of the facility. However, we were granted access to film many though
Not all of the steps in the manufacturing process
They would have loved to give us full access, but there is a good reason why they couldn't
Tooling and part production for both the all-new Sorento and all new Optima. We're already underway
Getting ready for the launch
Now moving beyond that little teaser we can take a look at some of the final stages of production
Once the bodies are mostly put together
Like any automotive assembly line workers are tasked with certain
Standardized jobs that they complete during the time where the vehicles move through their station
one of the things though that kia repeatedly emphasized is that
every single worker on the line has the authority and is
Encouraged to stop the entire assembly line if they encounter any quality issue
This allows them to proactively correct the problem on the spot
Meaning that issues are effectively contained until the sources are tracked down like for instance a bad batch of part
One of the things you'll see workers do is run their fingers over places where two parts meet
This is checking for certain gap tolerances, which the workers are trained to feel even millimeter differences
You also notice that as the vehicles near the end of the assembly line they are under bright lights
So that workers can more easily spot imperfections
Finally after it rolls off the assembly line for the first time
It is driven over a few bumps and gets in line to head out to the test track
Now we did actually get to ride out on the track
Which is something that every single vehicle produced at this factory will get to do in
Some factories that test ratio will be perhaps one in ten or one in twenty
But here it's 100% of the roughly 1,000 cars per day that they produce
This is what we call a steering pad, we're gonna check steering radius listen for any loose parts
Just like a figure eight like just uh, just puts the steering system all the way through the paces
Check turn signals also to turn signal cancel
Straighten back up. It's a stir bar the turn signal cancels out. Thanks
Back up a little bit right here. Check back up camera
This here's what we call shake Road is like seven different road surfaces and a
test car
Listening for any kind of bumps and shakes and rattles in the body just any kind of vibration anything out of the ordinary
is that's a verify your speedometer or is that just it's just a radar just showing you how fast you're going and what what the
Recommended speed is for this this section. Typically how fast do you go for the second normally right in here five to seven
There's a couple of spots
Where you can get up to ten right in here
This is the best part right here
The worst part
Just like with the head and the proving grounds PTSD
Right here we're checking drift pool checking courage controls markers
We check it once at 50 and check it again at 70
Is there one test that cars tend to fail more often than others are
Not really
Usually, you know during the first stages of on building a car
You know that there's still a lot of bugs and need to be worked out. You will hear a lot of vibrations and
But you know, that's normally in cars that are not sellable, right?
It's just test cars and then normally about time we make it to start a production those cars or you know
all those issues are normally figured out by the
So how many of you test drivers are there
each if there's a
25 to 30 of us, okay
Every car we build goes through this
And right now, I think we're producing right out of thousand cars a day
The most part that's it in a nutshell
And in that garage if there is about this is the track shop, but there's a lift and everything in there
They use it for inspection and that shed that we went by down there
There's also a pit in there you can drive up in there. Yep, and there's a set of steps
It goes down inspection pit. You can look at the underside of the car and everything you guys
Wear
This is the shower test. It's placing that big car washing but we're gonna go we're gonna go in with it
Normally, we don't take the car or go. Stay with the car. Yeah
We normally leave the car and it comes out, but they want y'all to experience it
and
There's gonna be total whiteout when we go in there. I mean the car be
Surrounded by water if there's any kind of issues but leaks
Anything it'll be detected in there cuz I mean, it's like just some of the worst rainstorm you've ever been in times ten
Those cars over there those Gordon have been through this and those cars are almost to the end of the process
They're fixin to be signed off and with no issues and then they'll go out
To be checked at this point digestion do another computer test on it
Just verify everything's good. They give it another once-over and then it goes out to vehicle processing center
Which is the big yard outside where all the cars were parked down by the track
This is about as extreme as it gets as far as like
Testing the vehicle for leaks and we do a special test like during lunch break
we'll load a car into here and
They'll stop the line while the cars right in the middle of the water and the car sitting here for a good 30 minutes
It's not gonna leak after the end, you know, you're not gonna have no leaks
Pretty pleased with how this thing is taking off too. We can't build enough days right there up here
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While at KMMG. We also got the chance to interview some of the employees who had plenty of interesting insights to share
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Whatever you would like at the magic moment when you said let us say man. This might be a special video
It was a good a good time for you, and he thought I'm on a good project
It has nothing to do with your bill actually
No, I have a brother in a Oklahoma City, Texas main cities between Dallas and Fort Worth. So
They came down and I was just driving a Telluride being on the launch team. I had opportunity to take well they came to visit
My sister-in-law was so she was so I think they waited for months to get the Telluride
They actually training in a BMW
And just on the side note
we've actually just been collected some data on what vehicles are coming in what sort of conquest we're getting and it's like
74 or 75 percent
Conquest as a couple people coming from another Kia vehicle and in many cases the BMW is yeah a lot of Range Rover
Yeah, you know if you come here to Range Rover you quite like to have a good warranty
So several, please my Mary when you see you tell your around town this week
it makes me feel friend about one that we built it when
Bro so we have extra sense of pride about that and prior to the bill prior to me touchdown out of the car our that
The doctor is for my normal checkup
And then when I did we have a program when a customer again
I want that and we drove it around we decided we're just gonna drive it all around in the family
And we were at the airport
my sister's come in from town and we met this couple and
There's a tell you right inside the airport and they were just looking at it and watching it
So we walks over anyone we was like we build that
They're like really amazing start asking us all kind of questions of a couple of people walked up as honest question
Everybody is really really excited, you know to get there
Well speaking of waiting and then getting your hands on it so it KMA we're not allowed to order when this our company Eastern Area
What are you going no
Well, I think that's the same here it is employees you guys can't work right now we can't order
That's a good and bad problem. Is it? Oh, that's a good bad
Yeah, because I think we all know it we captured
It seems like everybody's happy here we saw a lot of people waving at as a day
Isn't about that it is time to move up the corporate culture here. I mean, that's if it's work I understand
It is for Monday mornings. You probably not super happy to find in here, but
Everybody there. There's a positivity. What do you think that where do you think that comes from?
Before kia got here, you know
It wasn't a lot of hope, you know people were really you know
Trying to figure out what the next move is gonna be a textile mill said clothes. There was not a lot of development here
so this brought
bright light to this area
We gave everybody a sense of hope that we wanted it to work so bad that I think that's where our sense of christ l-tron
Want them to be successful and being happy and thankful and grateful that we have something here for a fresh start
It's been ten years, but it seems like yesterday
You know when you come from almost have enough
Yeah, and then you've got something and it's something good at work or thriving off of
Enthusiasm, that's why not. Just what to tell you
I think that what we experienced with the surrogate or a generation Sorento the Optima brother Nadia
Right sure, you started seeing people actually driving these cars on the high
And as far as you going to Alabama and up past Atlanta
You're going to Tennessee or that you're seeing my cars all over the place and it just brung a lot of
Excitement and joy was knowing that we do this and
To see where we're warming into the future and we're still here, but we don't feel threatened
We have someplace to be that's a lot
Well guys, that's it for our time at kmg in West Point, Georgia
Now the American story of Telluride is not over yet
we still have one more aspect left to share and that is the very beginning phases of designing and making the concept as
told by the lead designers themselves
It's definitely super interesting and you won't want to miss that video coming up next week
See you then and take care!