Tesla installs second press to create intricate aluminium parts at its Austin factory

Tesla is yet to receive another 9-ton (8.2 metric tonnes) press at its Giga factory in Austin, Texas. The press would help the automobile giant in formulating patented aluminium car components.

This new press can be regarded as the largest among its contemporaries worldwide. This is the second press that is being delivered to Tesla after it acquired the first model in January 2023. These two presses are bigger than Tesla’s existing presses in Shanghai and Berlin, so they will be applied in the production of Tesla’s Cybertruck.

IDRA Group, the creators of the specialised press, has posted relevant videos on the internet to illustrate the company’s enigmatic process and capacity.

Sources provided proof of delivery by posting images of the lading bill, commenting: “Today, we can confirm that the new press is indeed for Tesla and that it has arrived in Texas. Cybertruck Forum user Greggrtruck found the bill of lading that confirms Tesla is the client and that it has arrived at the port of Houston.”

The logistical documents detail the route of the machine weighing 26.7 tonnes, which travelled all the way from IDRA’s Italian factory to Austin.

The enormous presses will aid Tesla in creating its flagship single-body, mono-block castings, opening an excellent opportunity for the car giant as now it can produce the whole untainted body of the car with a small number of casting efforts rather than welding innumerable components together as it was done initially.

These particular castings are so massive that Tesla material specialists needed to discover a new aluminium alloy that can flow uninterrupted in molten form. This new aluminium alloy can replicate all those miniature details in the die during casting, providing high-precision engineered components.

Though Tesla’s Berlin and Shanghai facilities already host Giga presses, the two latest Austin presses are much bigger than the existing ones, allowing the company to produce large car parts for the Cybertruck.

Tesla has confirmed to begin producing the Cybertruck in 2023, but commercial or mass production will be restricted till 2024.