Tesla is experimenting with producing the body of its vehicles in 3D

Tesla may be covertly leading a revolution in the way electric cars

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are made in its gigafactories and workshops.

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Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, has always supported "unboxed" production

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which involves creating sizable sub-units of a car and then connecting the modules.

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Long before other manufacturers considered it, the EV company was "gigacasting"

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a few large parts instead of hundreds of small ones using ultra-high pressure presses.

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by using massive presses with 6,000 to 9,000 tons of clamping pressure to mold.

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