Toyota gigacasting prototype cuts production from hours to minutes

Die-casting tech aims to streamline assembly in preparation for EV shift

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Toyota's next-generation electric vehicles will be produced in three modular sections. (Photo courtesy of Toyota)

TAKAYUKI YAO and KAZUHIRO NOGUCHI, Nikkei staff writers

NAGOYA, Japan -- Toyota Motor showed off a prototype of its new gigacasting equipment that can make a third of a car body in about three minutes, a development that will be key to its plans to ramp up electric-vehicle production profitably in the coming years.

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