CyberGus
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Tesla is targeting 5 Semi trucks per week. At a 90-second cycle time, a single casting machine could crank out a years worth of inventory in an afternoon. Using split-casts and swapping the dies would take just a few days total.Changing dies on a machine that large and complicated is a non-trivial task.
Probably cost significant amount of money and time.
Giga-casting machine is much larger and more complicated than standard automotive sheet metal stamping press. Giga-casting dies will be much more complicated & more more expensive than sheet metal dies.
Regardless, I can't see them dedicating a casting machine that is used once a day.
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