the year NUMBER_TOKEN marked tesla's first attempt towards mass production of electric vehicles the model NUMBER_TOKEN was the subject of the new direction that tesla was taking surprisingly musk along with his team was not vocal about their new technological tinkering nothing was said about the nuances of the mass production techniques the technology was downplayed and subsequently hidden within the vehicle all of that changed a year later when sandy monroe an automotive engineer and consultant was encouraged by his friends and colleagues to give a serious look at the model NUMBER_TOKEN. he stripped the model NUMBER_TOKEN down to its chassis and compared it to similar bmw and chevy products his findings were as devastating as they were revealing the tesla vehicle according to him was way ahead of its time its battery tech drivetrain and electronics were unrivaled in the industry however he was disappointed with the vehicle body design this he concluded was the major problem with model NUMBER_TOKEN. it was too heavy too complex too expensive and ultimately difficult to manufacture he had suggestions for tesla that would improve the vehicle body and save the money he forwarded a list of NUMBER_TOKEN suggested improvements to tesla that would outpace their competition tesla might not have made an official statement concerning monroe's claims but they definitely took his advice elon musk has always been known to be receptive to constructive criticism irrespective of who it was coming from this is what's made tesla one of the leading manufacturing companies in the world elon musk has a plan that has begun with the model y at their giga berlin factory in germany on the NUMBER_TOKENth of january NUMBER_TOKEN he was quoted saying this with our giant casting machines we are literally trying to make full-sized cars in the same way that toy cars are made this revolutionary approach to car manufacturing is split into two major focuses the first is a complete body revamp of all tesla vehicles and the second is a major improvement on battery engineering the new body would take a very minimalistic approach it would comprise of two giant giga castings one for the front and one for the rear it would also include a central battery pack structure that would support the structure of the vehicle itself compared to previous iterations this new design would save tesla NUMBER_TOKEN parts thereby reducing vehicle mass by NUMBER_TOKEN percent while adding NUMBER_TOKEN to its range however let's not make a mistake the giga casting and revolutionary model y designs are not tesla's focus elon musk has said this part is easy the hard part is creating an efficient manufacturing system the focus for tesla is their gigafactory and the new machinery that tesla is introducing to the industry of car manufacturing the machine is the gigapress
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