Tesla's new vehicle construction method may represent a Breakthrough

Tesla is edging closer to a new manufacturing technique

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that could sharply cut costs and boost output of its electric vehicles.

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The new procedure will allow the manufacturer to die-cast nearly the whole vehicle

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underbody as a single piece rather than constructing out approximately 400 sections

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using traditional car-making techniques, according to people who spoke to Reuters.

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Currently, Tesla uses unusually large, extremely 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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