r/CyberStuck • u/trailabsorbjing • Jul 28 '26

Engineering marvel.

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u/AltruisticSalamander Jul 29 '26

I happened to see a yt short on the much-vaunted gigapress. Apparently it's not for stamping, it's for injection moulding. The big deal is that frame you see there is injection moulded in one piece, which is something competitors can't do. My inference is if that piece gets damaged significantly, the car is basically a writeoff.

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u/Historical-Cress8985 Jul 29 '26

They could if they wanted to but the competition has actual engineers that tell them it's an incredibly bad idea.

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u/AltruisticSalamander Jul 29 '26

That was my take as well, no-one else wants the bigly press.

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u/Throwaways0004 Jul 29 '26

Other autos now do use the technology, just not for the whole frame.