Toyota Motor said this week it will adopt a technology Tesla pioneered known as 'Gigacasting' as part of a strategy by the Japanese automaker to improve the performance – and lower the cost – of future electric vehicles (EVs).Toyota is not alone in following Tesla's breakthrough.Here's a look a
Toyota Motor said this week it will adopt a technology Tesla pioneered known as"Gigacasting" as part of a strategy by the Japanese automaker to improve the performance – and lower the cost – of future electric vehicles .Here's a look at Gigacasting and how the innovation is forcing automakers to scramble to match Tesla:The Giga Press is an aluminium die-casting machine adopted by Tesla at its factories in the U.S., China and Germany.
Tesla has developed an aluminium alloy that also allows it to skip the heat treating traditionally used to increase the strength of the cast part.Typically more than a hundred individually stamped metal parts have been welded together to make a car body. In the Model 3, by using a single piece from the front and rear of the vehicle, Tesla was able to remove 600 robots from assembly, Elon Musk has said.
Competitors of IDRA and LK include Buhler Group in Europe, Ube and Shibaura Machine in Japan, and Yizumi and Haitian in China. Volvo said last year it would invest more than $900 million to upgrade its plant near Gothenburg, Sweden, to include megapress technology.Tesla records most of its sales with just two models: the Model 3 and Model Y. High sales volume on just two platforms make it easier to justify the investment in new production technology. Other EV startups also have that advantage.
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