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A few days ago I watched a video, link below, about the Gigapress that Tesla is using, and the expectation is that once that process is fully tuned it will cut
by linsomniac 5y ago
A few days ago I watched a video, link below, about the Gigapress that Tesla is using, and the expectation is that once that process is fully tuned it will cut production costs dramatically. IIRC, right now they are running the Gigapress at half it's ultimate speed as they work with the manufacturer to tune it.
The TL;DR: It is a giant casting press that allows them to make the chassis in 3 parts rather than 100+, which allows them to not have to weld or assemble all those parts using other robots.
As far as the pricing, I will say on the other side of the coin that $40K is that it doesn't take much to price a Kia up to $45K... Cars are EXPENSIVE now.
https://youtu.be/rsBbt3TxKGg https://youtu.be/rsBbt3TxKGg