d in 2024. Tesla said its lithium refining and cathode production plants remain on track to begin production in 2025, as well as domestic production of its first LFP cells at Gigafactory Nevada for energy storage products later in 2025. The purpose-built Cybercab continues the development of its “unboxed” manufacturing strategy and is scheduled for volume production in Gigafactory Texas starting in 2026. On the earnings call, CEO Elon Musk sa...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/04

Q2 2024). Tesla said its lithium refining and cathode production plants remain on track to begin production in 2025, as well as domestic production of its first LFP cells at Gigafactory Nevada for energy storage products later in 2025. The purpose-built Cybercab continues the development of its “unboxed” manufacturing strategy and is scheduled for volume production at Gigafactory Texas starting in 2026. On the earnings call, CEO Elon Musk sa...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/25

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

Cybertrucks per week, moving from Foundation Series in Q3 Tesla recalling 11,688 Cybertrucks over windshield wiper motor, trim piece Futronic to invest USD 28 million to supply Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas Tesla's 'Cortex' supercomputer for FSD being built in Austin, Texas Tesla patent describes ‘unboxed’ method of production Tesla announces production of 100 millionth 4680 battery cell Tesla recalls 27,185 Cybertrucks to fix rear-view camera...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/04/02

tower and the reinforcing triangular frame, side sills, battery case, and crash boxes that support the front and rear bumpers.   OEMs and models currently using Gigacast are summarized in the report below.   (Reference report) Gigacastings to Modular Structures  Huge die casting machines and the unboxed manufacturing process   https://www.marklines.com/en/report/rep2666_202405   Xiaomi is following in the footsteps of these leading manufactu...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/03/04

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

d in 2024. Tesla said its lithium refining and cathode production plants remain on track to begin production in 2025, as well as domestic production of its first LFP cells at Gigafactory Nevada for energy storage products later in 2025. The purpose-built Cybercab continues the development of its “unboxed” manufacturing strategy and is scheduled for volume production in Gigafactory Texas starting in 2026. On the earnings call, CEO Elon Musk sa...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/02/07

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

one other company for nickel.   Tesla In 2023, explanations were given to investors about five businesses (renewable energy, electric vehicles, heat pumps, hydrogen utilization, and fuel cells for ships and aircraft). As for EVs, the main topics were: 1) next-generation production method using the unboxed process, 2) in-house technology development (motors with no rare earths, up to 75% SiC reduction in inverters, etc.), and 3) construction of t...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/10/18

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

bo-taxis, stating that they offer huge potential revenue opportunities and that it will focus on their development, but that the timing of their introduction will depend largely on the progress of technology development and regulatory trends.   Research is continuing into the company's innovative "Unboxed" manufacturing strategy for specially-designed robo-taxis, including the introduction of gigacasting, a one-piece casting technology for the b...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/08/19

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

Gigacastings to Modular Structures Huge die casting machines and the unboxed manufacturing process Summary List of Gigacast adoption plans by automaker Gigacastings to Modular Structures Tesla Geely (including Zeekr, Geely-Baidu and Volvo) NIO (NIO, Inc.) XPeng (Xiaopeng Motors) Xiaomi Huawei-AITO Toyota (Supplement) What is clamping force?   Tesla has announced that it can significantly reduce assembly costs by modularizing the car body based o...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/06/27

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

Tesla Gigafactory Mexico Next-gen/Model 2, Cybertruck (planning) possible batteries Future assembly site in Mexico, Start of construction and operations not yet announced by the company (According to some sources, it will begin operations in 2027) - Target to have an annual production capacity of two million vehicles - Production method called "unboxed process" will be adopted - Initial investment of USD 5 billion expected - Initial expected wor...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2024/01/19

in BEV sales to BYD in 2022, explained its five businesses (renewable energy, electric vehicles, heat pumps, hydrogen utilization, and fuel cells for ships and aircraft) to investors at its "Investor Day" in March 2023. As for EVs, the main topics were 1) next-generation production method using the unboxed process, 2) in-house technology development (motors with no rare earths, up to 75% SiC reduction in inverters, etc.), and 3) construction of t...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/11/01