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Anyone reminded of Tesla's gigacasting? Pop out an entire car frame as a single part from molten steel, versus 400 separate parts:https://www.reuters.com/techno
by carabiner 3y ago
Anyone reminded of Tesla's gigacasting? Pop out an entire car frame as a single part from molten steel, versus 400 separate parts:https://www.reuters.com/technology/gigacasting-20-tesla-reinvents-carmaking-with-quiet-breakthrough-2023-09-14/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/gigacasting-20-tesla-rein.... Wonder if we could do this with houses now.
- intrasight 3y agoPerhaps cast from AL a set of standard panels which can then be bolted together and have shotcrete and insulation be sprayed against them. The AL would remain on the exterior. All kinds of cool designs possible. They could do all that in a factory and ship out modules.
- bick_nyers 3y agoIf it can't fit down a highway or requires a crane to install you're not going to save much money when compared to labor is my understanding.