Artful Dodger
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This could explain why the Model 3 Highland isn't using front/rear castings - could it be getting a single casting?
Haha, no!
Gigacasting 2.0: Tesla reinvents carmaking with quiet breakthrough | REUTERS (Sep 14, 2023)
The innovation is rapid, low-cost production of prototype dies for the gigapress: think "weeks vs. years" to get a new candidate die into testing, and $30K for each prototype vs. $1M (keep in mind they may need to go through half a dozen prototypes before reaching a production-ready design). The ability to make their own dies for the gigapress is a huge win for Tesla, that's why they're spending the effort on R&D to create this tech.
So this won't happen in Shanghai, or for the Model 3 / Highland, or on the timeline you suggest. It'll happen in Austin in time for Model 2/Robotaxi, then in Monterrey, MX then go wide... Of course, roto-REUTERS drops the soap.
Cheers to the Longs!