Tesla To Employ 8,000 Ton Casting Press To Make Cybertruck Underbody

Tesla will be using an 8,000-ton casting press to make the Cybertruck’s single-piece rear underbody. The EV automaker seems to be taking a similar approach to the Cybertruck as it did with the Model Y, which uses a 6,000-ton IDRA Giga Press machine to make the crossover’s single-piece rear underbody. 

Elon Musk talked about the 8,000-ton press during the latest earnings call, after an institutional investor question asked about Cybertruck’s latest developments. He remarked that the design of the all-electric pickup has been completed. 

“We’ve got [the] design fixed. We’re getting to…soon order the equipment necessary to make the Cybertruck work,” Musk said at the Q4 2020 earnings call.