What you think Tesla: cutting-edge technology is far ahead.
The actual Tesla: running all the way on the road to cost reduction.
Tesla has always had its own style in reducing costs and improving production efficiency, such as the mixed integrated die-casting technology.
In 2020, Musk officially exposed Tesla's integrated die-casting technology and took the lead in landing on the Model Y model, claiming to be able to save 20% of the manufacturing cost of the Model Y model and save 30% of the floor space. Since then, Tesla has continued to optimize this technology, by optimizing the design, improving the mold, improving the strength of the material and other means, and constantly reducing production costs, successfully making the "integrated die-casting" technology on the altar, domestic automakers have followed up, and the stocks of related companies have also risen sharply.
However, the trend is still the trend after all, and in the current use environment, Tesla's integrated die-casting process has also been questioned by many consumers. The most significant is its maintenance cost, you should still remember the uproar in 2023 Model Y "sky-high maintenance costs" incident, the application of integrated die-casting technology of the rear floor, the maintenance cost is actually more expensive than buying a new car, which makes integrated die-casting more like some kind of "double-edged sword" with more advantages than disadvantages.
With the downward trend of the global auto market revealed, under the background of the increasing sophistication of new energy vehicle manufacturing technology of domestic car companies, new energy vehicles are becoming more and more volatile, the "price war" is gradually escalating, and the cost and price of electric vehicles are getting lower and lower. Reducing costs and increasing efficiency has become the key for many car companies to seek a glimmer of life.
Tesla, which has been reducing costs through aluminum alloy body, battery body integration, pure visual intelligent driving, centralized electronic and electrical architecture, integrated die-casting, etc., is still not the one with unique cost performance, at least in the Chinese market.
So Tesla continues to work hard to reduce costs, and is now gradually moving to a new assembly process called "unbox", which is similar to "assembling Lego bricks". Tesla plans to assemble different parts of the vehicle at the same time in a dedicated area of the factory, and finally assemble these large sub-assemblies together. Compared with traditional car factories with the same output, this new process is expected to cut production costs in half, reduce the floor space required for manufacturing by more than 40%, and is expected to create a new version of $25,000 (about 180,000 yuan), which will be scheduled for production directly at the end of this year or early next year, which is the Model Q mentioned earlier.
Of course, this technology has been exposed since last year, and the Model Q has been passed on for a year, and there is no relevant information yet, so we really don't know if it's true or not. However, if we want to buy a car, it is recommended to wait and see first, in case it really leaks?