Tesla abandons quest for one-piece ‘gigacasting’

AUSTIN, Texas — Tesla has backed away from an ambitious plan for innovations in gigacasting, its pioneering manufacturing process, according to two sources familiar with the matter, in another sign that the electric-vehicle maker is retrenching amid falling sales and rising competition. Tesla has been a leader in gigacasting, a cutting-edge technique that uses huge [...]read moreTesla abandons quest for one-piece ‘gigacasting’