Tesla’s Giga Press casting machines play a significant role in the automaker’s production of its vehicles, and a recent post shared by the company’s chief points out a few notes about how useful the machines are.
On Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk retweeted a video from Tesla of the automaker’s IDRA Giga casting machine, adding a few details about how the switch to the process benefits the automaker’s assembly process and vehicles.
@ElonMusk shared the video, adding that “single-piece casting reduces weight, greatly simplifies factory, increases ride quality & reduces road noise.”
The video shows the huge casting machine moving the vehicle cast around with its giant robotic arm, which Tesla likened to a toy car in its post.
Single-piece casting reduces weight, greatly simplifies factory, increases ride quality & reduces road noise https://t.co/hJw4KLpfDg
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 25, 2022
In the original tweet, Tesla wrote, “Our huge casting machines enable us to make full-size cars the same way toy cars are made.”
Tesla began using single-piece castings for the Model Y last October.
Previously, the automaker made two-piece castings comprised of separate rear and front casts.
Last May, Tesla’s Giga Texas produced its first diecast Model Y body, signaling that the automaker was nearing completion of the new factory.
The Giga Press casting machines Tesla uses are made by Italian production hardware manufacturer IDRA. Tesla will also use these casting machines for its upcoming Cybertruck.
China-based electric vehicle (EV) automaker NIO followed suit using die-casting to produce its vehicles.
