RE:RE:RE:TESLA is most probably a PYR Drosrite ClientCanyousayiii probably didn't realized that TESLA was increasing its use of aluminum ...
These concepts are planned couple of years ahead
Sept 2020 -
Tesla bets on aluminum casting for German plant FRANKFURT/DETROIT -- Robots are not efficient enough for Tesla's new car factory in Germany, which plans to replace hundreds of them with giant aluminum casting machines to build simpler chassis parts, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The EV maker has struggled to raise production volumes through hi-tech automation and was forced to fly in a new production line from Germany to Nevada in 2018 after robots failed to coordinate seamlessly at the U.S. factory.
For the new Model Y, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said he will replace 70 components glued and riveted into the car's rear underbody with a single module made using an aluminum casting machine.
Injecting molten aluminum into a cast and having robots pull out the molded metal allows Tesla to combine several manufacturing steps.
Tesmanian, a blog specializing in Tesla news, said on Monday the company's new plant in Brandenburg, near Berlin, would be supplied with eight "Gigapress" machines.
The Gigapress, which is the size of a small house, will be supplied by Italy's IDRA Srl, and forms a key part of Musk's drive to reinvent "the machine that builds the machine," the source added.
IDRA declined to comment. IDRA has previously said it has supplied its first ever Gigapress to a North American auto manufacturer, without naming it.
"Our mission is and will be the design and manufacture of die casting presses and automated cells for the light alloy foundry business worldwide."
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