A large IDRA cargo was delivered to Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas web site not too long ago. The arrival of one other IDRA cargo means that Giga Texas could also be organising a brand new Giga Press quickly, probably for a brand new manufacturing line.
The singular IDRA field was not too long ago noticed in a drone video of Giga Texas. Based mostly on previous movies and footage of Tesla’s Texas manufacturing unit, Giga Presses for the front-cast and rear-cast of the Mannequin Y have been already put in within the facility. And if current experiences are appropriate, Mannequin Y check manufacturing has begun in Giga Texas.
The current Giga Press field might then include elements for one more 6,000-ton Giga Press that’s used for the Mannequin Y manufacturing line. Tesla goals to start out Mannequin Y manufacturing earlier than the top of the yr, so getting all of the machines put in and the meeting strains so as proper now would make sense.
Nevertheless, Tesla might have already got its preliminary Mannequin Y meeting strains able to go, which appears extra possible given its manufacturing targets.
If that’s the case, the most recent IDRA field might include elements for the Cybertruck’s 8,000 ton Giga Press. Over the last earnings name, Tesla shared that the Cybertruck can be transferring into its beta phases later this yr. Lately, Tesla patents for the Cybertruck have been launched as nicely, hinting at some design modifications within the electrical pick-up truck, which help the corporate’s replace over the last earnings name.
“Yeah, the Cybertruck is at present in its alpha levels. We completed primary engineering the structure of the car. With the Cybertruck, we’re redefining how a car is being made,” shared Lars Moravy, Vice President of Automobile Engineering, throughout the second-quarter earnings name.
“As Elon stated, it carries a lot of the structural pack and enormous casting designs of the Mannequin Y being inbuilt Berlin and Austin. Clearly, these take precedence over the Cybertruck, however we’re transferring into the beta phases of Cybertruck later this yr, and we will probably be seeking to ramp that in manufacturing and take it to Texas after Mannequin Y is up and going,” Moravy elaborated.
Watch the most recent drone video of Gigafactory Texas beneath!
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