Tesla has restored the all-wheel-drive, 269-mile “Standard Range” Model Y with the 4680 battery cell, as spotted by @The Kilowatts on Tuesday. The Model Y units start around $64,000 USD, coming in at a lower price than the automaker’s 330-mile range “Long Range” Model Y. There were only around 40 of the units in inventory […]
In a recently published YouTube video, the automotive experts over at “Teardown Titan” Sandy Munro’s Munro & Associates fielded some of the many questions they received over the course of more than half a dozen videos featuring Tesla’s next-generation 4680 battery pack. Over the past few months, Munro & Associates took apart a Model Y […]
Sandy “Teardown Titan” Munro and his team at Munro & Associates have finally succeeded in extracting a 4680 battery cell from the structural battery pack of the Tesla Model Y they have been tearing down for roughly the past month now. The folks over at Munro Live shared an image on Twitter announcing the arrival […]
With Tesla’s more-efficient 4680 battery cells beginning to make headlines in North American markets, onlookers in Europe are still awaiting theirs — though tests show that they may not have to wait too much longer. Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg produced its first Model Y SUV with the next-generation 4680 battery, according to a report from the […]
YouTube channel The Limiting Factor shared a new video on Thursday detailing the first teardown of Tesla’s 4680 battery cells. The video, hosted by the channel’s Jordan Gieseghi, is divided up into several different timestamps, from preparation and an initial voltage check to full disassembly of the battery cell. The video shows Jordan talking to […]
Hirokazu Umeda, chief financial officer (CFO) of Panasonic, said during a post-results briefing that the company is being asked by Tesla to increase the supply of 2170 battery cells and to speed up the development of its next-generation 4680 batteries — reports Bloomberg. Following news of Panasonic pondering a new U.S. battery factory in Oklahoma or […]
Attending Tesla’s ‘Cyber Rodeo’ grand opening event for Gigafactory Texas on Thursday, “Teardown Titan” Sandy Munro talked us through the new 4680 battery cells and structural battery packs the electric vehicle (EV) maker is manufacturing at the $1.1 billion USD factory. Not only will Giga Texas be piping out Model Y cars, but it will […]
As Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory for electric vehicle (EV) production nears completion, a new set of photos shows what is likely new 4680 battery cell production equipment being loaded into the U.S. automaker’s new facility. @Joe Tegtmeyer shared photos of some modular 4680 battery cell production equipment being loaded into Gigafactory Texas’ battery structure’s third floor […]
Tesla revealed its plans for a larger, 4680 battery cell last year at its Battery Day event, expected to significantly reduce costs and increase the ranges of its cars. On Tuesday, The Korea Herald reported that Samsung SDI and LG Energy Solutions have completed sample 4680 battery cells for Tesla, according to a high-ranking industry […]
Panasonic is betting on Tesla’s 4680 battery cell, announced last year at Tesla’s Battery Day event and which resembles a small beer or soda can, to bring the rumored $25,000 electric vehicle (EV) to the forefront, according to Bloomberg. While the battery cell was initially announced with the intent to increase battery cell supply and […]
LG Energy Solutions is planning to build advanced battery cells for Tesla as soon as 2023, and is considering production sites in the United States and Europe, according to two people familiar with the matter (via NASDAQ). While Tesla has yet to agree to a deal that would expand LG’s role in the company supply […]
