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If you want to read more about the actual “Giga Press” see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giga_Press https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giga_Press It’s made by I
by samwillis 5y ago
If you want to read more about the actual “Giga Press” see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giga_Press https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giga_Press
It’s made by Idra Group in Italy, it’s only a matter of time until other car manufactures also adopt it.
- sixQuarks 5y agoNot really, the incumbent US manufacturers have too much invested in traditional manufacturing techniques to switch over. The new Chinese automakers are the ones that will be implementing it next.
- phkahler 5y ago>> Not really, the incumbent US manufacturers have too much invested in traditional manufacturing techniques to switch over. Sunk cost fallacy. Yes, they tend to fall for that. Sometimes they get past it.
- mupuff1234 5y agoSome of the incumbents have existed for more than a century, saying that they're not capable of changing manufacturing technique is quite silly.
- mahesh_rm 5y agoThe group seems to be a relatively small Company, and have sold only 19 such machines around the world. There must be other manufacturers producing this sort of tech, I guess?
- foepys 5y agoWelcome to Europe where small companies you never heard of make hyper-specialized machines and tools that are being used around the world to manufacture your household items.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 5y agoAnother example is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASML_Holding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASML_Holding
- schleck8 5y agoOr https://www.krones.com/en/company.php https://www.krones.com/en/company.php Makes machines for packaging products
- ryan93 5y agoPeople way underrate how much sophisticated work gets done in Europe. Great comment
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- rcMgD2BwE72F 5y agohttps://www.autoevolution.com/news/bmw-s-ceo-says-tesla-s-massive-castings-are-not-something-they-would-follow-173451.html https://www.autoevolution.com/news/bmw-s-ceo-says-tesla-s-ma... >there is no economic reason to have very large integrated parts in these vehicles.
- gibbonsrcool 5y agoThe CEO of BMW saying they’re concerned with repair costs is a joke.
- avrionov 5y agoThank you for the article. It says that BMW doesn't economic reason, but Audi and Mercedes are adopting it.