Gigacasting Glitches: Tesla abandons one-piece gigacasting efforts
Toronto, Ontario — Tesla has reportedly stepped away from one-piece gigacasting technology, according to Reuters. Instead, the automaker will continue with the previously used three-piece method. Last year, Reuters exclusively reported Tesla’s development of the small-vehicle platform manufacturing model, but the automaker recently announced that it will be halting its efforts. Instead of aiming to […]
A Giga Deal: GM purchases key Tesla giga-casting supplier
Toronto, Ontario — General Motors (GM) has recently acquired Tooling and Equipment International (TEI), the company that formerly helped Tesla perform giga-casting manufacturing to produce large body parts for cars in one piece. According to two sources with direct knowledge of the recent deal, with this new contract, GM is hoping to continue jumpstarting its […]
Going Gaga for Giga: Toyota announces its own version of a giga-press
Toronto, Ontario – Toyota has recently announced that it will be following in Tesla’s footsteps with the development of their own giga-press for future EV manufacturing. In a demonstration that took place in Myochi, Japan, Toyota showed off the use of its press which can reduce manufacturing time from hours to just minutes. During the […]
Molding a Giga Breakthrough: Tesla developing process to ‘giga-cast’ entire EV underbody
Austin, Texas — Tesla is reportedly nearing a breakthrough in technology that could ‘gigacast’ an EVs entire underbody in one solid piece. The electric automaker already uses “Gigapresses” with 6,000 to 9,000 tonnes of clamping pressure to mold the front and rear structures of its Model Y. A newly developed process would allow Tesla to […]
