Panasonic plans to start the mass production of Tesla’s 4680 battery cells in the fiscal year April 2023, according to reports. There are also plans to set up two additional production lines and facilities at the company’s Wakayama factory. There’s also a rumor that Panasonic is planning a major gigafactory … [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]
Panasonic has announced that it will be giving Tesla top priority for the new 4680 batteries, which makes sense since Tesla is set to deliver its first 4680 vehicles in Q1 2022. MarketWatch reported that Chief Financial Officer Hirokazu Umeda said that Panasonic is renovating its facilities and plans to … [continued]
Tesla has included a direct reference to the Model Y structural battery pack in an update to its Model Y owner’s manual. The document noted that new Model Ys equipped with structural batteries have lift points that differ slightly. In the manual note, Tesla encouraged owners to check the vehicle … [continued]
Electric vehicles often differ based on different battery technologies. US-based electric automaker Tesla has set the trend for years. According to Yang Jie at Wall Street Journal, “A less-expensive battery technology championed by Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk rose to dominate the world’s largest auto market last year.” The batteries are lithium-iron-phosphate batteries — often … [continued]
Originally posted on EVANNEX. By Charles Morris In the early days of industrialization, most manufacturing companies were vertically integrated. Automakers such as Ford owned mines and steel mills, generated their own power, and operated their own delivery fleets. Over the decades, as global supply chains grew more sophisticated, automakers outsourced more and … [continued]
Gotion High-Tech, based in Shenzhen, China, announced this week it has signed a supply and localization agreement with a major publicly traded US auto company to supply the latter with 200 GWh of lithium-iron-phosphate batteries between 2023 and 2028. Gotion is currently the fourth largest battery manufacturer in China, according … [continued]
Panasonic shared a video earlier this year that documents its evolution in battery technology and manufacturing. Hosted by Shoichiro Watanabe, Head of Energy Technology and Manufacturing, the video covers Panasonic’s contribution to the battery industry and the evolution of battery technology and manufacturing. Diving in, Watanabe started with Panasonic’s history. … [continued]
Tesla has opened a new factory to produce battery manufacturing equipment in Canada, Reuters reports. Frank Scarpitti, the mayor of Markham, Ontario, took to Twitter to share his excitement about Tesla’s presence in his city. He tweeted an official statement and added his thoughts on the positive news, noting that … [continued]
A few days ago, Tesla and China’s Ganfeng Lithium Co, in particular its subsidiary GFL International Co Ltd, have signed a contract to supply battery-grade lithium products to Tesla, Reuters reports. Ganfeng is the world’s top lithium company by market cap and has supplied lithium to Tesla before. The new … [continued]
