A wave of production swept through Giga Texas today as the Cybertruck, as well as the Model Y Standard, was observed rolling off the manufacturing lines. There were thousands of cars in a crowd captured on video and cameras, and a significant sign that the Tesla factory in Austin is raising a new level of production is that the outbound lot was full of hundreds of vehicles.
The view of completed cars lined and prepared to be shipped speaks of a faster production pace of not only the flagship Tesla SUV but also its pickup of the future. Tesla’s global bestseller – Model Y, is still being made in large quantities, and the release of the Cybertruck indicates the company is still trying to make one of the most hyped models a reality on a large scale.
New Casting Line on the East Side
The most interesting thing of the day, however, was the discovery of a new line of castings on the east side of the main Giga Texas plant. Hundreds of large aluminum pieces were filmed by drone, such as the Cybercab Rear Subframe (RSF) casting, which is thought to be a component of a future Cybercab, a robotaxi-designed car that Musk has long been hinting at.
This growth is an indication of the long-term goal of Tesla to have an interconnected manufacturing ecosystem. The Cybercab RSF castings imply that the company might already be setting the groundwork for the subsequent vehicle programs, as the Cybertruck and Model Y are dominating production. These new casting lines would be more efficient because they would minimize the assembly complexity and would allow scaling faster, which is also a hallmark of the Tesla manufacturing playbook.
@Cybertruck & Model Y Standard production day today at Giga Texas, with many more vehicles in the outbound lot! New line of castings on the E side of the main factory & hundreds of Cybercab Rear Sub Fram (RSF) castings as well! pic.twitter.com/9B9zRXmJHq
— Joe Tegtmeyer 🚀 🤠🛸😎 (@JoeTegtmeyer) November 5, 2025
Tesla’s Casting Revolution
The move by Tesla to embrace large-scale casting technology has been one of the most characteristic engineering advancements. By substituting dozens of weld and bolt-on parts with single-piece aluminum castings, the car manufacturer saves a lot of time and money in production.
This direction appears to be developing even more at Giga Texas. Having hundreds of subframes not merely indicates the readiness towards the development of Cybertruck but also implies the possibility of flexibility in the production of multiple vehicles. Analysts are speculating that Tesla might be reusing the same or tweaked casting molds on other platforms, generating economies of scale throughout its vehicle range.
This kind of innovation is in line with the unboxed manufacturing idea proposed by Elon Musk, where aiga-casting and modular assembly can be used to create a complete segment of a vehicle and then easily connect it. In case Tesla, in fact, started to manufacture new castings in mass, it might open the way to a more refined ramp of the Cybertruck and even to prototype Cybercab productions in the same plant.
Outbound Lot Overflow: Sign of Momentum
The outbound vehicle lot of Giga Texas spoke volumes by itself today. Ranks of Model Y Standards and Cybertrucks rolled across the yard, and the increase in weekly production was immense. In the case of Tesla, which usually experiences logistical gridlock during deliveries, these images indicate ga good flow of production and stock that is waiting to be shipped.
According to industry monitors, the Model Y Standard is an important component of the Tesla strategy worldwide. It is the anchor product of the company: low price and high volume manufacturing have allowed it to be the low-priced, high-volume product, whereas the Cybertruck is currently delivering in high volume and providing the company with a high-margin, high-visibility product.
