Steel Dynamics Inc (SDI) steel supplier for the Cybertruck exoskeleton is expected to begin operations next month in Texas.

Key Highlights

• Tesla's steel supplier for the Cybertruck's exoskeleton, Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI), is set to begin first operations in its Sinton, Texas facility next month.
• While Steel Dynamics' Sinton, TX factory is set to start up next month, the complex still needs a lot of work.
• The Steel Dynamics Sinton mill is just approximately 167 miles from Tesla's Gigafactory in Texas, which should make steel shipping between the two facilities quite simple.
• Intriguingly, recent comments from San Patricio County Judge David Krebs have suggested that Tesla will "redo" the steel it will receive from SDI, at least before it can be used for the Cybertruck's exoskeleton.
• While current sources imply that the Cybertruck will go into production in Q1 2023, work on the all-electric pickup truck appears to be moving along at a reasonable speed.

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SDI Facility

Tesla's steel supplier for the Cybertruck's exoskeleton, Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI), is set to begin first operations in its Sinton, Texas facility next month. Dennis Black, the General Manager of SDI's Sinton plant, shared the news with the local media.

The Sinton site is a 1.2 million-square-foot complex crammed with cutting-edge technology. The steel produced at the Sinton facility would also be very environmentally friendly. According to a 3News storey, the steel factory has machines that can convert scrap metal into rolled steel that can be used for a variety of commercial uses.

Black indicated that the factory would use around 90% scrap metal, which would then be turned into steel rolls that could be sold to customers. Tesla, which has its headquarters in Texas and is one of SDI's clients, is one of SDI's clients."We start with scrap metal, maybe 90% scrap," says the narrator. "There may be some alternate irons that we use to try to improve the purification a little bit," Black said.

While Steel Dynamics' Sinton, TX factory is set to start up next month, the complex still needs a lot of work. After realising that it needed more space, the company is currently constructing a new 300,000-square-foot facility on the property. The Sinton complex has so far received around $1.9 billion in investment, and it is expected to employ about 700 people once it is fully operational.

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The Steel Dynamics plant is just approximately 167 miles from Tesla's Gigafactory in Texas, which should make steel shipping between the two facilities quite simple. Intriguingly, recent comments from San Patricio County Judge David Krebs have suggested that Tesla will "redo" the steel it will receive from SDI, at least before it can be used for the Cybertruck's exoskeleton.

"Now some of these other companies that collaborate with SDI will actually be improving SDI's product a little bit more." "We're hearing that one of the firms that was quite close–probably getting close–is going to be taking SDI steel, reworking it, and that steel will actually be going into the Tesla cars that they're moving from California to build here," the judge earlier stated.

While current sources imply that the Cybertruck will go into production in Q1 2023, work on the all-electric pickup truck appears to be moving along at a reasonable speed. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced that he will give a product plan update later this month when the firm has its Q4 and FY 2021 earnings call, amid sightings of upgraded prototypes in California.

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