GAME OVER! Tesla's INSANE Gigapress in Action đ„đ„đ„
Within the space of a decade, Tesla has risen to the top of the pile in the world of EVs,
overtaking established automobile companies from all over the world.
You can't talk about electric cars without mentioning Tesla, as it is mainly responsible for
moving battery-powered cars from the preserves of the nerds to the mainstream.
Every EV gets compared to Teslas because it is the EV company to beat. Some EV startups try
to do that by mimicking every aspect of Tesla's rise to success, for example, by selling directly
to customers, making as many components in-house, releasing expensive models first before
creating mass-market models, etc.
The company makes the bestselling electric car of all time, the Model 3. It has other models that
occupy the top spots in performance and battery life.
Even its unreleased products get massively oversubscribed! According to unofficial estimates,
its electric pickup truck, the Cybertruck, has racked up more than a million pre-orders, despite
facing multiple delays. This is despite having a polarizing appearance and appealing to a sub-
group.
Tesla has invested a lot in its Giga Presses and continues to do so. But do those massive machines give it an edge over the competition, and how much edge?
Tesla as company is used to doing big things, which makes it not surprising that Giga Presses would be found in its factories. These are huge by all standards, most likely dwarfing your apartment.
A Giga Press is a die casting machine, among the most powerful ever built with capacity of 61 kilo newton clamping forces. They weigh more than 400 tonnes and require more than 20 flatbed trucks to transport only one. They measure 20 meters by 7.5 meters by 6 meters.
They are made by the Italian manufacturing group known as IDRA and the company has enjoyed Tesla’s patronage more than a few times, with what we heard to be current multiple orders yet to be fulfilled.
Interestingly, even though the name Giga Press goes with Tesla’s Gigafactory, the name was actually coined by IDRA.
How Giga Presses work
Tesla uses the Giga Press to make the chassis in its cars in single pieces. This means the automaker deals with at most three parts instead of more than a hundred if it had followed the practice of bolting and welding stuff together like the auto industry has been doing since forever.
A Giga Press works like just any other die casting machine, as they use a plunger to force hot molten metal into a mold that will be reused. The impressive difference is the scale at which a Giga Press does it.
To get a fair idea, take a plastic toy car for example. The cheaper ones are usually made from a single solid piece before the tires are tacked on. Now imagine the whole chassis of a car made in the same way, but this time, made from metal.
SpaceX is the only private company NASA trusts to take its astronauts to the international
space station. Cargo delivery has become a routine with SpaceX's rockets and space capsule.
NASA rewarded SpaceX's excellence with a multi-billion dollar contract covering a crucial part of
an equally critical mission to the moon. The space agency will employ SpaceX's Starship as the
human landing system for its astronauts on the moon!
Not only that, as NASA's astronauts will eventually ride the Starship to Mars, an unthinkable
proposition a few years ago.
As a reward for his daring entrepreneur spirit, Musk's wealth has grown, closely matching the
rise of Tesla stock. He is either the wealthiest person alive or the second richest.
All these innovations and achievements, yet Musk can't boast of the support of his President!
The snub could not even be hidden for a few hours on the day Musk's SpaceX achieved a
massive milestone of sending private astronauts into the earth's orbit, where they spent three
days before returning to the earth. The Inspiration4 mission launch was tied to a fundraiser that
raised hundreds of millions of dollars for a children's cancer hospital.
Every notable person congratulated Musk and his company on the milestone, including top
NASA officials, SpaceX's competitors like Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Blue Origin, and even
Musk's arch-rival Jeff Bezos!
The silence from the White House on that day was deafening and sent a clear message; that
was if earlier messages were not clear enough.
You could trust Musk to bare his feelings about the President on social media.
In connection with the Inspiration4 launch, @rhensing had tweeted:
"The President of the United States has refused to even acknowledge the 4 newest American
astronauts who helped raise hundreds of millions of dollars for St. Jude. What's your theory on
why that is?"
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