Elon Musk Talks About 'Underappreciated' Manufacturing Process, Anand Mahindra Finds It Relatable – News18

Across film industries, be it Hollywood or Bollywood, many films have been dedicated to automobiles such as Ford v Ferrari, Carl & Bertha, Tarzan: The Wonder Car, or the Fast and Furious series. Interestingly, hardly any movies have been made about the manufacturing of the cars. The film industry has always focussed on the ‘invention’ of the product but no attention is paid to the large-scale production of the things. Recently, a popular X account posted a photo of a car manufacturing line and wrote, “A million movies about cars. But hardly any movie about Manufacturing. Someone should make a movie and tell the world how hard it is to do high volume manufacturing.”

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors, reshared this post and wrote, “Many movies exist about a lone inventor in a garage having a eureka moment, but almost none about manufacturing, so it’s underappreciated by the public. Compared to the insane pain of reaching high-volume, positive-margin production, prototypes are a piece of cake.”

Musk’s post soon garnered over 29.7 million views. A person who works in manufacturing spoke about the difficulty of running a factory seamlessly and wrote, “Been there done that for 30+ years. Manufacturing at volume profitably is hard. Launching new products on a fast ramp is Brutal and All Consuming. I’ve slept on the factory floor (literally) for weeks getting a new product family out. We did it and saved the company.”

Industrialist Anand Mahindra also agreed with Elon Musk. The chairperson of Mahindra Motors reshared Musk’s post and wrote that he started his career “on the shop floor of an auto plant”. Mahindra added that he is always in awe of the “relentless effort & non-stop problem solving that goes into making products at high volume”. He went on to say that the“ heroes of manufacturing” deserve to have films made about them. Mahindra noted that the films they made about car manufacturing often get a large viewership on YouTube which shows that there is an audience that will appreciate contention on production and manufacturing.

Many others expressed agreement with Mahindra. An X user wrote, “Spot on! Manufacturing isn’t just about production—it’s about resilience, creativity, and sheer determination. The individuals behind the scenes, tirelessly crafting our everyday essentials, deserve recognition and admiration.”

It will be interesting to see if any movies or documentaries come up in future that are dedicated to the day-to-day functioning of factories and manufacturing maestros.