Tesla Cybertruck Body-in-White Spotted at Giga Texas Shows Off Massive Rear Megacasting
12 Jul 2023, 09:24 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Pictures of a Tesla Cybertruck body-in-white at Giga Texas reveal the production-ready rear megacasting for the first time
Dozens of Tesla Cybertruck Megacastings Spotted at Giga Texas Prove Tesla Means Business
3 Jun 2023, 14:08 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla is expected to begin Cybertruck production this summer, and the pile of rear megacastings spotted at Giga Texas shows it might be close
Legacy Carmakers Can't Copy Tesla Fast Enough As Megacastings Enter the Mainstream
19 May 2023, 11:39 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / IDRA announced that it landed its first Giga Press contract from a "legacy global US OEM," proving that traditional carmakers are rushing to copy Tesla
First Cybertruck Front Megacastings Spotted at Giga Texas
15 May 2023, 16:15 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / A drone flyover video shot at Giga Texas revealed what appears to be Cybertruck front megacastings, showing that IDRA's 9,000-ton GigaPress is alive and kicking
Tesla Might Use IDRA's Die-Casting Machines To Produce Electric Motor Rotors
3 May 2023, 18:06 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / IDRA showed a smaller die-casting machine used to produce electric motor rotors, and it features the same livery as the Gigapresses shipped to Tesla
Tesla Is Changing Car Manufacturing Forever as Other Companies Adopt Megacastings
27 Apr 2023, 11:00 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla's adoption of megacastings in car manufacturing is followed by other car companies, with Geely's brand Zeekr the latest to use die-casting for its cars
The Second 9,000-Ton Giga Press Is Heading to Giga Texas, Presumably for the Cybertruck
22 Mar 2023, 15:08 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla will take delivery of a second 9,000-ton Giga Press from IDRA as it readies the Cybertruck production line at Giga Texas
IDRA Showed a Video of the 9,000-Ton Die-Casting Machine Installed at Giga Texas
11 Oct 2022, 14:21 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / IDRA has shown a video of its biggest die-casting machine being installed at Giga Texas, in preparation for the Cybertruck production
Tesla Rumored To Switch Giga Press Suppliers To Fix High Rejection Rate at Giga Berlin
2 Aug 2022, 17:26 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla is reportedly in talks with another Giga Press supplier after IDRA’s machines were blamed for the 60% mega castings rejection rate at Giga Berlin
The Tesla Cybertruck Hides More Secrets Than Elon Musk Can Reveal
7 Jun 2022, 16:02 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The more we find out about the upcoming Tesla Cybertruck, the more we are convinced that the production was never on the table before
Idra's 9,000-Ton Giga Press Is Ready To Cast Tesla Cybertruck's Underbody
2 Jun 2022, 11:47 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Idra, the Italian company that builds the Giga Presses used by Tesla for Model Y’s mega castings, is readying a 9,000-ton version for the Cybertruck production
How a Small Italian Supplier Partnered With Tesla To Change the Car Manufacturing Forever
12 Mar 2022, 22:06 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Elon Musk announced in 2020 Tesla will start making cars using a new manufacturing process, but the idea came from an Italian company a year earlier