More Cybertruck Castings Pile Up at GFTX!? (06.02.23)

[greggertruck]

Tesla tends to build up huge piles of castings and use them steadily. Before the Model Y used the castings, they ended up literally ringing Fremont with piles of them.

They're big, they don't need them yet, they gotta sit somewhere, they don't really care about the weather...

-Crissa

That’s a theory. Maybe they’re storing these inside somewhere while they start building a few RC mules

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[Rockvillerich]

Production is slowly coming together. It's like a giant jigsaw puzzle. Cybertruck delivery day is still months away.

Way better than years...

 

[kbolt]

If those are stacked 3-4 high then those 15 piles have between 45-60 castings so that's a really good sign. They could be pumping those out still.

 

[intimidator]

Obviously those are the castings for the new Tesla "Dune"Buggy.....you hadn't heard? They are replacing the Tesla Quad with this new DuneBuggy code named the SandWorm.

 

[Sirfun]

That’s a theory. Maybe they’re storing these inside somewhere while they start building a few RC mules

OK I'll bite. I know an early prototype testing vehicle is called a mule, but what's an RC mule? Is it Remote Control for crash testing?

 

[greggertruck]

OK I'll bite. I know an early prototype testing vehicle is called a mule, but what's an RC mule? Is it Remote Control for crash testing?

Release candidate, as in production line made and manufactured for the intent of finalizing the engineering and design.

 

[Stuck4ger]

OK I'll bite. I know an early prototype testing vehicle is called a mule, but what's an RC mule? Is it Remote Control for crash testing?

Glad you asked, I was envisioning a Remote Control contraption something like this.

 

[HaulingAss]

That's an odd thing to say since the first Model Y was delivered only four months after Tesla *revealed* the Cybertruck (Nov. 11th, 2019) as something in the pipeline and the Texas Gigafactory only recently became finished enough to start production. The plan all along, since the Austin, TX site was announced, was to ramp the Model Y there first. It was announced in July of 2020 that Tesla had chosen the Austin site for their next gigafactory.

In any case, it would have been foolish to ramp the new Cybertruck platform simultaneously with the Model Y, given all the disruption caused by COVID. Tesla would not have been able to increase the volume of total EV's displacing gas cars during COVID had they chosen to ramp Cybertruck alongside the Model Y (and that was never the plan). The other benefit here, besides more total EV's, is the cost savings to consumers. Because Tesla chose the most efficient growth path, during very trying times, they were able to lower the entry prices for their EV's significantly, while remaining profitable, making it more affordable for more people to make the transition.

It's called value for your money.

 

[WHIZZARD OF OZ]

It is a platform for multiple vehicles.

'WAT' is the NEW 'parts bin' matra adopted for use across all vehicles/platforms... 'Whatever @Tesla'

 

[WHIZZARD OF OZ]

Glad you asked, I was envisioning a Remote Control contraption something like this.

Forgive me, but that's a Trojan CyberHorse, right?

 

[jerhenderson]

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Obviously those are the castings for the new Tesla "Dune"Buggy.....you hadn't heard? They are replacing the Tesla Quad with this new DuneBuggy code named the SandWorm.

project 'Mua'dib.'

 

[DrDefore]

That isn't reinforcement, it's the sprue and runner channels from the casting process, it will be all trimmed off

It’s a possibility

 

[greggertruck]

It’s a possibility

No it’s the truth. That’s inaction points. Research the model Y castings

 

[Alan]

To me those look more like they could be the front casting.

 

[Ogre]

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project 'Mua'dib.'

It’s pronounced Mua'dib

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