Tesla has taken shipping and delivery of the world’s greatest casting machine and it is installing it outside the house beneath a carport-like framework at Fremont factory.
With the Design Y, Tesla has released some significant underbody engineering and production advancements.
CEO Elon Musk stated that Tesla managed to turn what was originally 70 pieces in Model 3’s rear underbody into just 2 parts in the Design Y electric SUV.
Less sections aid the human body assembly approach and make less possible failure factors.
It outcomes in a significantly less expensive and much more durable merchandise.
Here’s a facet-by-aspect of Product 3 rear underbody and the Model Y rear underbody:
But Musk has been expressing that it is only the beginning of Tesla’s focus on huge casted components.
The CEO added that Tesla is planning to make the entire underbody in just one particular portion by the finish of the 12 months:
We are going to be building a one-piece casting later this year, meaning like essentially the rear 3rd of the human body is cast as a solitary piece. There is no casting of the dimensions and complexity that has at any time been finished right before.
Last thirty day period, Musk admitted that it has been “tricky to manage rates and continue to keep developing the amount for Model Y casting.”
The CEO added that Tesla is now assembling the “world’s most significant casting press” to be able to accelerate the creation rate and transfer to a one piece casting:
“We’re heading to have a — the world’s largest casting push is obtaining assembled suitable now essentially in Fremont, for the Product Y rear-physique casting. It is massive and appears awesome.”
The machine has now been spotted at the Fremont manufacturing unit and it has been assembled outside the plant.
Tesla is evidently building a carport-like construction about it at the instant:
Although the automaker could possibly close up the structure with partitions later on – TSLA shorts are previously earning jokes about right after Tesla making a common assembly line beneath a tent, it is now building a casting line underneath a carport.
Electrek’s Take
They can joke all they want but the GA4 line was mad prosperous so I don’t get why it would be unfavorable to review the two.
Speaking of GA4, we noted on Tesla upgrading the line before this thirty day period.
Tesla has now two parallel traces below the GA4 tent and another subframe line in an additional tent upcoming to it.
Now it seems to be like this new casting device is going to be in a position to feed a lot more elements to those people strains and maximize Design Y output appreciably.
The timeline for that is not clear, but I hope it must commence to ramp up this quarter.
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