@lucagrecoita Just because the machine weighs 16,000 tons doesn’t mean it is casting larger components or has a faster cycle time.
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Dongfeng's 16,000-ton Gigacasting machine just entered production - the largest die casting machine ever built 🏭
It is now producing battery trays.
For scale: before 2018, a "large" die casting machine was 4,000 tons.
Tesla raised the bar to 6,000 tons for the Model Y in 2020. Then 9,000 tons for the Cybertruck.
Now Dongfeng is producing at 16,000 tons. Four times the pre-Gigacasting standard.
At this tonnage, Dongfeng can cast integrated chassis and battery tray structures in a single shot - components that require multiple machines and assembly steps at any other OEM.
The evolution in 7 years:
-> Pre-2018: 4,000T (industry ceiling)
-> 2020: 6,000T (Tesla Model Y)
-> 2023: 9,000T (Tesla Cybertruck)
-> 2026: 16,000T (Dongfeng, in production)
No Western machine is operating above 9,000 tons today.
March 25-28th I will be in Wuhan, China where I will see this 16,000 T machine
If you want to follow my trip, foIIow me on Instagram, I’ll post stories of the factory and event
instagram.com/lucagrecoita/
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@TeslaCharging I like this layout. Great for all types of charging port locations and vehicles pulling a trailer.
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@MusicRowCritic @Worldsource24 Gotta love the Iraqi Information Minister.
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"The Americans have moved most of their aircraft to Cyprus. We will launch so many missiles at Cyprus that the Americans will flee from there."
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@NextGenVisionar What building is in the picture? I don’t recognize it.
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TESLA ISN’T BUILDING A DATA CENTER. IT’S BUILDING A WEAPON.
Tesla’s Cortex 2 is scaling fast.
~150 Megapacks already installed, hundreds more coming.
Right next to Gigafactory Texas.
This isn’t about storage.
It’s about training Optimus, real-world AI, at industrial scale.
Energy → Compute → Robotics → Autonomy.
Vertical integration in its purest form.
Most people still think Tesla is a car company.
They’re already building the infrastructure for the AI-powered industrial era.
This is what the future looks like.
#Tesla #AI #Optimus #Megapack #Energy #Robotics #Autonomy #Future #Tech
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