24.0%). Tesla says that its plans for new vehicles, including more affordable models, remain on track for start of production in the first half of 2025 and will be produced on the same manufacturing lines as its current vehicle lineup. Its Robotaxi product, Cybercab, will continue to pursue its “unboxed” manufacturing strategy at Gigafactory Texas and is scheduled for volume production starting in 2026. The company remains on track for the p...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/24

pacity of 100,000 units by October 2026. The new digital plant will leverage integrated manufacturing of multiple components to cut costs by 40%, reduce vehicle weight by 20%, and enhance vehicle collision safety compared with conventional processes, while planning to improve efficiency by 30% with unboxed process and modular assembly to strongly boost the intelligentization and weight reduction of New Energy Vehicles. From a GAC Group press rele...

News  Updated at: 2025/02/19

ion model. Additionally, the CATL Bedrock Chassis will be featured in Avatr models first. In the future, the two companies will launch more extensive cooperation on energy, platforms, and vehicles. They will jointly explore the decoupled development of upper and lower vehicle bodies, as well as the unboxed manufacturing process, to shorten vehicle development cycles and unlock the free combination of energy management, intelligent technology, dri...

News  Updated at: 2024/12/27

n-vehicle displays or can be used as a replacement for exterior painting. The company will improve design qualities while leveraging the properties of the film, such as being less likely to be scratched even if hit by an object. In the electric vehicle (EV) field, attention has been given to the “Unboxed Process,” a production process for dividing a vehicle into blocks, and Denso will promote the film as an alternative to painting, which is r...

News  Updated at: 2024/12/24

y as it looks to add new models.  Gigafactory Texas currently produces the Model Y, Cybertruck, and 4680 battery cells, and plans to build two more affordable vehicles based on Model 3 and Model Y on the same lines in the first half of 2025, followed by the recently unveiled Cybercab, using the “unboxed’ process. (multiple sources on October 29, 2024)...

News  Updated at: 2024/10/31

Musk calls Tesla Model 2 ‘pointless’ In its Q3 2024 report on October 23, Tesla noted that its next growth stage “will be initiated by advances in autonomy and introduction of new products, including those built on our next generation vehicle platform”, noting that its purpose-built Robotaxi product will continue to pursue a revolutionary “unboxed” manufacturing strategy.” The report stated that plans for new vehicles, including mor...

News  Updated at: 2024/10/29

k for start of production in the first half of 2025. These vehicles will utilize aspects of the next generation platform as well as aspects of current platforms, enabling them to be produced on the same manufacturing lines as the current vehicles. The coming purpose-built Cybercab will pursue an “unboxed” manufacturing strategy. Tesla looks to fully utilize its current expected maximum capacity of close to three million vehicles, enabling mor...

News  Updated at: 2024/10/25

Tesla patent describes ‘unboxed’ method of production On September 6 was the publication date for an international patent application describing Tesla’s modular ‘unboxed’ EV manufacturing process that will be used in its upcoming Robotaxi. The International Filing date of Publication Number WO/2024/182432 was February 27, 2024. At Tesla’s 2023 Investor Day, CEO Elon Musk claimed the system would be faster, more efficient, and enable t...

News  Updated at: 2024/09/14

k for start of production in the first half of 2025. These vehicles will utilize aspects of the next generation platform as well as aspects of current platforms, enabling them to be produced on the same manufacturing lines as the current vehicles. The coming purpose-built Robotaxi will pursue an “unboxed” manufacturing strategy•    Tesla looks to fully utilize its current expected maximum capacity of close to three million vehicles, enabl...

News  Updated at: 2024/07/24

ore capex efficient manner and more fully utilize its current expected maximum capacity of close to three million vehicles, enabling more than 50% growth over 2023 production numbers before investing in new manufacturing lines.  The purpose-built Robotaxi product will continue to pursue its new “unboxed” manufacturing strategy, though in the meantime, Tesla is suggesting a ride-hailing feature will be built into the Tesla app to allow driver...

News  Updated at: 2024/04/25

ions to halt all related activities and document the learning outcomes for future reference, claims Reuters. Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded to the latest news by saying in a posting on X: “Reuters is lying (again)”. The project had previously been explained to feature a new building method of “unboxing” as a way to lower manufacturing costs, and was to be put into practice first at Gigafactory Texas by the end of 2025 before going also to ...

News  Updated at: 2024/04/06

number of takeaways resulted from the 4 hour “Master Plan Part 3” presentation:   • Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed Monterrey as the location for that the upcoming Gigafactory Mexico, which will focus on building the company’s next-gen vehicle. The new plant will adopt a method called the "unboxed process," in which each major component is painted and decorated before being assembled into a complete vehicle in a system where assembly is ...

News  Updated at: 2023/03/04