Are Tesla Semi Production & 4680 Production Finally Ready To Ramp Up?
Could the Tesla Semi and 4680 batteries be Tesla’s sneak attack in 2024?
Could the Tesla Semi and 4680 batteries be Tesla’s sneak attack in 2024?
Tesla announced a week ago that Giga Texas (its large factory just outside of Austin, Texas) had produced 10 million of the company’s new 4680 battery cells. That sounds like a lot! Well, let’s be honest, that is a lot! However, it’s probably not as many as you’d think on … [continued]
Ramping up production of the the Tesla 4680 battery cells is taking longer than Elon Musk hoped. 2023 seems like a realistic time frame.
Tesla held its annual meeting of stockholders at its Austin, Texas factory on Thursday. The meeting invited shareholders to join in person, in addition to over 300,000 viewers who watched the event virtually. The meeting addressed 13 proposals, five of which were introduced by the board of directors — and one of … [continued]
In the pics above, you can see the Tesla Giga Texas factory, which includes an automated 4680 battery production facility. This is the second Tesla 4680 battery factory. The first one is the prototype 4680 factory in Fremont, California. The prototype factory in California has surpassed a million 4680 cells … [continued]
Tesla has been building a dual motor version of the Model Y with the new 4680 battery pack that is a structural component of the car for a few weeks now — enough time for people to run some charging tests and begin tearing them down to understand how they … [continued]
Panasonic shipped samples of its 4680 batteries to Tesla ahead of the production surge, Reuters recently reported. Mass production of the new battery is expected to begin at the plant in Wakayama in March of next year when the company’s fiscal new year begins and before production is moved to … [continued]
Tesla is celebrating the milestone of one million 4680 cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells. Tesla tweeted the news on Friday along with an image of employees standing in front of Tesla’s Kato Road facility in Fremont. The milestone took place in January. Celebrating our one millionth 4680 cell in January pic.twitter.com/d19IPFu18u … [continued]
Tesla has dropped out of a subsidy program for battery factories in Germany but there may be more to the story.
… and using 2170 batteries in Austin and Brandenburg for starters.