Tesla Develops "Gigacasting" Technology for More Efficient Vehicle Production

Tesla is developing an "gigacasting" technology update (photo: dock. tesla)

JAKARTA - Tesla is developing an updated "gigacasting" technology to print almost the entire underside of a vehicle in one piece. This was reported by Shanghai Securities News on Wednesday, September 27, citing an unnamed source close to the automotive company.

The Chinese state-owned news paper, which released its report following a recent visit to Tesla's factory in Shanghai, did not say when and where this update would take place.

This month, Reuters also reported that Tesla is approaching an innovation that would allow it to print almost the entire underside of an electric vehicle in one piece.

Tesla has taken the lead in using large presses with clamping pressures of 6,000 to 9,000 tons to form the front and rear structures of its Model Y in a "gigacasting" process that has succeeded in reducing production costs.

At the Shanghai factory, which is Tesla's largest factory in the world, the company has been using "gigacasting" technology to mold the rear of the Model Y since 2020, which has allowed them to reduce the associated costs by up to 40%.

Chinese electric carmakers, including Xpeng  and Geely's Zeekr, are following Tesla's lead and have adopted "gigapressing" technology in their manufacturing processes to reduce vehicle weight and lower production costs, as reported by Shanghai Securities News.