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Old 09-08-2020, 08:50 AM   #1
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Default Move aside robots, Tesla bets on aluminium casting

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Robots are not efficient enough for Tesla's new car factory in Germany, which plans to replace hundreds of them with giant aluminium casting machines to build simpler chassis parts, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. The electric carmaker has struggled to raise production volumes through hi-tech automation and was forced to fly in a new production line from Germany to Nevada in 2018 after robots failed to coordinate seamlessly at the U.S. factory. For the new Model Y, Tesla chief Continue reading Move aside robots, Tesla bets on aluminium casting
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