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Presented a video of the work of Giga Press in the production of a part of the body of an electric car at the Tesla plant (video)


Reducing vehicle assembly costs isthe main concern of all manufacturers since the early Ford assembly lines. Tesla factories use the most advanced technology to reduce the number of parts in the assembly of the body today by releasing one-piece body parts using the Giga Press. It is noteworthy that the cost reduction when using this method, at the same time, has a positive effect on the strength of the body, and therefore increases the safety of driving on Tesla electric vehicles.

The main challenge for Tesla engineers isreducing the price of an electric car to $ 25 thousand. One of the stages of this global project is stamping as much of the bodywork as possible from a single sheet of metal. Currently, the production technology is being introduced on the Giga Press of the rear and lower rear part of the body in one piece. As a result, one part replaces 70 parts used in standard assembly. In addition, the number of assembly operations will be reduced by 300 units, which will reduce the factor of occurrence of an accidental defect during assembly, and a decrease in the number of connection points will significantly increase the strength of the vehicle.

Tesla orders first Giga Pressin the Italian company Idra Group. As early as 2020, the press began working at Tesla's California plant in Fremont. The press develops a force from 55,000 to 61,000 kN. In September 2020, another Giga Press was supplied to the same plant, and its gigantic size required the construction of a special shed.


Another Giga Press was delivered to Tesla plantin Shanghai, where he began stamping the rear and underside of a Model Y electric vehicle. In January, insiders noticed that the Tesla Gigafactory in Texas had also received giant Idra-branded containers. It is currently known that the Italian Idra has received an order for several Giga Press for Tesla at once.

The next step to reduce labor intensityproduction of electric vehicles, will begin stamping the front and bottom of the body in one piece. The front and rear parts of the body will be connected by the battery pack, which itself will become part of the body and will be a non-removable part. The technology will be used for the first time this year at Tesla's plant in Germany.

The ultimate goal of optimizing Tesla's body assembly will be to reduce the number of body assembly parts first to 3-2 and then to one part.