The electric vehicle (EV) era brings with it an unpredictable variety of demands. With the popularization of EVs and diversified consumers’ tastes, automakers are facing the need for high-mix, flexible-volume production instead of low-mix, high-volume production. One of the ways that automakers have responded is with smart factories that utilize … [continued]
As we reported in October of 2022, IDRA had started shipping the humongous 9000-ton Cybertruck Giga Casting machine from its plant in Italy to the United States. Now, just yesterday, two semi trucks loaded with huge containers on their trailers were spotted at Giga Texas. Since this 9000-ton Giga Press … [continued]
NIO and XPeng are the latest customers for high pressure die-casting machines from Idra.
From casting toy cars to casting Teslas — the story of Liu Siong Song.
In his latest video on Solving The Money Problem, Steven Mark Ryan shared his thoughts on Sandy Munro, who recently spoke about Tesla’s giant gigapress, its huge casting machine, the octovalve and heat pump, the Cybertruck’s exoskeleton, and the crash safety of the Cybertruck. Munro also speaks about Tesla’s 4680 … [continued]
Tesla will use a single high pressure casting for the front frame of the Model Y at its new factory in Germany according to news reports.
