Tesla: New Giga press will significantly reduce production costs
Tesla wants to make Model Y production much more efficient. It relies on a huge die casting machine from the Italian manufacturer Idra. With this new, 20 meter long, 5 meter high and 400 ton heavy OL 6100 CS giga press, the manufacturer wants to cast a Model Y rear section from a single piece, which previously consisted of 3 elements. So far, Tesla has ordered 2 of the new giant giga presses. One will probably be set up at the main plant in Fremont, the other at the new Gigafactory in China. Tesla-Gigafactory Grünheide should also get a giga press The new press could then save 30 percent of the space in the press shop alone, which would also cut labor costs by 20 percent. According to elon Musk, sooner or later the Tesla Model 3 will be produced with large cast parts, so far the rear part has so far consisted of almost 70 pieces. Only one would save enormous costs and finally increase the quality, because the construction will be much simpler and there will be fewer errors. A...