---
title: "Check Out This Giant Machine That Stamps Out Tesla Frames"
description: "IDRA, the company that makes gigantic Giga Press machines that stamp out car frames for Tesla, just released a behind-the-scenes video."
date: "2020-11-06"
modified: "2020-11-06"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/giant-machine-stamps-out-tesla-frames"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Tesla"
tags:
  - "giga press"
  - "Manufacturing"
  - "tesla"
  - "the digest"
  - "transporation"
---

# Check Out This Giant Machine That Stamps Out Tesla Frames

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/check-giant-machine-stamps-out-teslas.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Futurism\</em\>*

## One-Stop Shop

IDRA, the company that manufactures gigantic manufacturing machines called Giga Presses for Tesla, just shared more details on how the massive contraptions work.

Tesla already has several of these Giga Press machines in its Fremont and Shanghai factories, where they stamp out the Model Y's entire rear chassis as a single part, vastly streamlining the manufacturing process, *[Teslarati ](<https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-y-giga-press-assembly-video/>)*[reports](<https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-y-giga-press-assembly-video/>). But the electric automaker has ordered several more, so [IDRA shared a video](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH8f08NorOA>) of how it built the third Giga Press destined for a future of [assembling Model Ys](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-model-y-wooden-trim>).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH8f08NorOA

## Lawn Decor

Tesla was [awarded a patent](<https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=US248873852>) last year for a system that describes four Giga Presses arranged in a plus shape that would work in tandem to stamp out an entire vehicle frame in one go. That represents the ultimate end goal of Tesla's dream for the Giga Press — a streamlined manufacturing process that churns out entire vehicles in one step.

But there's a problem. As Tesla CEO Elon Musk said, the Giga Press is the size of a small house. There wasn't even room for the first one inside the Fremont factory, so Tesla had to plop it outside and build sheds to protect it and the second that eventually followed, according to *Teslarati*. Getting four in perfect arrangement then becomes a logistical challenge in its own right.

## Rolling Out

That said, the Giga Press plays a major role in Tesla's plans for the future. In addition to the operational presses in Fremont and Shanghai, Tesla has ordered eight more of the machines for its [planned Gigafactory](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-gigafactory-berlin-objections>) in Berlin, according to *Teslarati*.

It's not yet clear where the machine in the video is headed, but *Teslarati* speculates it might be the first of many headed to Germany.

**READ MORE:** [Fascinating look at Tesla’s mammoth ‘Giga Press’ machine being assembled](<https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-y-giga-press-assembly-video/>) \[*Teslarati*\]

**More on Tesla:** *[Elon Musk: Tesla's Semi Truck Is Officially Going Into Production](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-tesla-semi-going-into-production>)*

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

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