Move aside robots, Tesla bets on aluminum casting

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September 08, 2020 11:14 AM

FRANKFURT/DETROIT -- Robots are not efficient enough for Tesla Inc.'s new car factory in Germany, which plans to replace hundreds of them with giant aluminum casting machines to build simpler chassis parts, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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