Toyota Will Adopt Tesla-Style Cast Bodies That Might Be Impossible to Fix

Re:Toyota Will Adopt Tesla-Style Cast Bodies That Might Be I... by convolvatron on Saturday October 07, 2023 @03:02PM (#37804514)

I assumed that the gigapress was a large stamping die. neither casting (melt the metal and pour it into a mold) or forging (shaping softened hot metal), but deforming cold metal in one or more steps using alot of pressure and a very hard mold.

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Re:Toyota Will Adopt Tesla-Style Cast Bodies That Might Be I... by jgalt212 on Saturday October 07, 2023 @08:33PM (#37806806)

Yes, but that's the way it is with Musk. Nothing is actually what it claims to be.

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Re:Toyota Will Adopt Tesla-Style Cast Bodies That Might Be I... by panick21_ on Saturday October 07, 2023 @11:32PM (#37807659)

They literally call them castings and have done so since the first time Tesla talked about them. And its still a 'press' its just a casting press not a stamping press. Is complaining about literally everything Musk related now just the default even when it doesn't make even the slightest amount of sense?

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Re:Toyota Will Adopt Tesla-Style Cast Bodies That Might Be I... by jgalt212 on Sunday October 08, 2023 @02:48PM (#37813274)

So it's your contention that Idra Group came up with the term / misnomer Giga Press and not Tesla / Musk?

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Re:Toyota Will Adopt Tesla-Style Cast Bodies That Might Be I... by panick21_ on Monday October 09, 2023 @04:04AM (#37818117)

No its most like Tesla/Musk that came up with the term. But it is in fact a press and its a bad name, hence Idra also calling it that.

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