Tesla surprised everyone when it introduced the single-piece megacastings into the Model Y structure. The die-cast structures are said to replace dozens of individual metal parts that need to be ...

When Tesla started using giant castings to build cars, auto industry commentators rushed to state it would be impossible to ...

But Tesla has also introduced new manufacturing methods that cut down on assembly costs. Megacasting is a form of die-casting, a process that involves jamming liquid metal (typically aluminum ...

Tesla’s next step could be die-casting nearly the entire underbody as a singular piece versus the 400 parts it generally takes to assemble the same section of a conventional car, according to ...

Tesla was the first carmaker to use die-casting in vehicle manufacturing, replacing many components in the car's structure with a single "megacasting." Other carmakers are already following suit.

Tesla is close to implementing a new die-cast process that could significantly reduce costs and simplify vehicle manufacturing beyond the abilities of the rest of the industry. Tesla is close to ...

TOKYO -- Honda Motor looks to compete in electric vehicles against established players such as Tesla by fusing its efficient welding technology with an advanced die-casting process as it ...

April 27 (Reuters) - Geely's EV brand Zeekr is the latest to join a growing list of automakers that have turned to the "gigapress" die casting technique pioneered by Tesla to slash the cost of ...

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab has combined a series of innovations to make a technological breakthrough that could transform the way it makes electric vehicles ...

The Tesla Model 3 platform. Tesla Gigacast takes all those stamped steel parts and instead uses a huge casting die to make all of those parts in one motion. According to Reuters, Tesla says it can ...

In a bid to extend its lead, Tesla is closing in on an innovation that would allow it to die cast nearly all the complex underbody of an EV in one piece, rather than about 400 parts in a ...

Zeekr has revealed that it is using the ‘gigapress’ die-casting technique first implemented by Tesla to cut production costs of the all-electric 009 MPV. In the case of the 009, the Chinese ...