Tesla is going to be a "price butcher" again!
Recently, the world's largest single casting machine ordered by Tesla arrived, and will start production in fremont, California, for manufacturing SUV Model? Y, so as to realize the Model? A substantial reduction in production costs.
At present, Musk has been stationed in the Fremont factory of Tesla personally, supervising the war 24 hours a day to ensure the early completion and commissioning of the integrated casting machine.
as early as last summer, Tesla announced the patent of "multi-directional single casting machine for automobile frame", which was designed to reduce the construction time, operating cost, manufacturing cost, factory operating cost, mold cost or the number of equipment. In other words, reduce the cost of all links, and at the same time increase production capacity.
(patent drawing of multi-directional single casting machine)
and Model? Y is the first work of this global monolithic casting machine.
Musk said, "We will use aluminum castings instead of a series of stamping parts. Our parts will be changed from 7 to 4 and then 1, and the cost will be greatly reduced by reducing the weight and improving MBH. "
An ordinary integrated frame is composed of dozens of small parts, which are folded and cut by giant molds, and then glued or welded together by people or machines. In case of severe impact, the combined frame has a high probability of falling apart.
Tesla's monolithic casting machine no longer uses cutting and pasting operations, and can die-cast most Model at one time. Y frame, you can even build a complete or basically completed frame.
this integrated molding method has many advantages, which can not only improve the economy of the vehicle, but also significantly reduce the weight of the vehicle body, and improve the handling, driving comfort and safety of the vehicle, because the integrated vehicle body can better absorb the impact energy in an accident.
（Model? 3 The body has 7 components, Model? There are only two y's)
With this single casting machine, Tesla no longer needs to spend a lot of time building four workshops, namely stamping, welding, painting and final assembly. It only needs to pull the single casting machine and build a shed, and the new production line will be completed immediately.
such a casting artifact, like the "shelter hospital", has extremely low cost and high efficiency, which can make Tesla's weekly production capacity soar to 5, vehicles.
At present, Tesla has become the world's largest manufacturer of electric vehicles, leaving all traditional car companies far behind in the field of new energy. Once the monoblock casting machine is started, the gap between Tesla and traditional car companies will continue to widen. I wonder what the friends will do?
This article comes from the author of Chejia, car home, and does not represent car home's standpoint.