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Production Megacasting at Volvo: 95 Pounds of Cast Aluminum in One Piece

From Tina Rumpelt | Translated by AI 5 min Reading Time

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Megacasting is considered a "game changer" in body construction. Volvo is using the process for the first time in the new EX60 e-SUV.

Entering the future: Volvo CEO Håkan Samuelsson drove the first series-production EX60 off the production line himself at the start-of-production event.(Image: Thorsten Weigl/Volvo Cars)
Entering the future: Volvo CEO Håkan Samuelsson drove the first series-production EX60 off the production line himself at the start-of-production event.
(Image: Thorsten Weigl/Volvo Cars)

Of course, it's also about the costs. New technologies have to pay for themselves and as quickly as possible. But when it comes to this topic, megacasting experts are tight-lipped. Even at Volvo: individual investments are not quantified. The Swedish manufacturer with a Chinese parent invested around 1 billion US dollars in the renewal and preparation of the production of the EX60 at Volvo's headquarters in Torslanda near Gothenburg—including a megacasting plant, a project with the Swiss Bühler Group.

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