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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

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 ...

BEIJING, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Tesla is working on an upgrade of its "gigacasting" technology to die cast almost all vehicle underbody parts in one piece, the Shanghai Securities News reported on ...

A piece of manufacturing news from Tesla Motors caught our eye, that Elon Musk’s car company plans to die-cast major underbody structures — in effect the chassis — for its cars. All the ...

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 ...

Unfortunately, he found an even bigger problem—a sizable crack in a front aluminum casting. Kamel told Auto Evolution that he immediately reached out to Tesla, to have the car checked out by ...

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 ...