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A die cast a car frame? Are you sure? Maybe works with aluminium/magnesium, but, for steel, strength, and especially tensile strength to weight is usually terrible for thin wall parts.

 
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From what I know, Tesla S is mostly stamped, and welded+glued, with some frame parts being extrusions.


This is the latest way of building car parts
Idra Group in Italy. They are notable for being the largest high-pressure die casting machines in the world, with a clamping force of 55,000 to 61,000 kilonewtons (5,600 to 6,200 tf).[2][3] Initial usage of a customised OL 6100 CS Giga Press was started by Tesla, Inc. in late-2020 with production of the Tesla Model Y electric car rear chassis,[4] at the Tesla Factory in Fremont, California.[5]

Base specification OL 5500 CS and OL 6200 CS Giga Press machines had been included in Idra's catalogue since 2018.[6] Each machine weighs 410–430 tonnes (900,000–950,000 lb).[2][3]

Shots of molten aluminium weighing 80 kilograms (180 lb) are injected into the cold-chamber casting mold with a velocity of 10 metres per second (22 mph; 36 km/h).[7] The cycle time is ~80‒90 seconds,[2] allowing an output rate of 40‒45 completed castings per hour, or ~1,000 castings per day.




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"In 2018 a patent application assigned to Tesla showed four Giga Press casting machines arranged at right angles for whole-vehicle unibody chassis casting"
 
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Great Wall Motors to launch premium new energy vehicle brand, says 'should embrace trends'

2020-12-10 19:04:42 GMT+8 | cnTechPost
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Great Wall Motors to launch premium new energy vehicle brand, says 'should embrace trends'-cnTechPost


Chinese carmaker Great Wall Motors is planning to launch a new premium smart electric car brand to compete with new Chinese car makers like NIO and Li Auto.
According to Chinese media reports, the plan is internally codenamed "Project SL" and is currently tentatively named "Salon Auto.

Commenting on the plan to Tencent Auto, Great Wall Motors Vice President Fu Xiaokang said, "The big trend is coming and we should embrace it."

The project is likely to be headed by Li Peng, founder of Bean Tech and digital executive of Great Wall Motors, who said at an event in Beijing on December 9 that "the essence of the competition for all future business models brought about by smart cars is the competition for users' time."

 
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