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How a factory builds a car

A tiny car plant you can click. Follow a car from a coil of steel in the press shop, past the welding robots and the paint ovens, down the moving assembly line, through testing and out the door to the dealer.

Drag or WASD ←↑↓→ to move · Right-drag to turn · Scroll to zoom

Oct 30, 2026 · Sources: NPR, DOE, The Henry Ford

Facts from Toyota, the U.S. Department of Energy, The Henry Ford and others. Toy model, not to scale.

Warming up the robots…