According to media reports, the Volkswagen rear body one-piece aluminum die-casting prototype rolled off the production line. The aluminum die-casting prototype is produced by a 4,400-ton die-casting machine and developed for the SSP platform, replacing about 30 parts and reducing the weight by 10kg.
It is understood that the one-piece die-casting part of the rear body of Volkswagen is to prepare for the Trinity project based on the Volkswagen SSP platform. Volkswagen will build a brand new factory in Wolfsburg, Germany for the production of its new generation of electric vehicles, the Trinity project. The new plant is expected to produce the first Trinity pure electric vehicles from 2026 and is expected to cost around 2 billion euros ($2.21 billion).
Most of Volkswagen’s existing electric models are based on the “MEB platform” (modular electric drive platform). The Trinity project is based on the SSP platform and is the biggest hope of Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, Germany.
The Volkswagen Group said that the Trinity car will have a completely new structure, and there will not be many configuration versions. It plans to introduce integrated die-casting technology in the Trinity project to improve production efficiency.