After pushing Panasonic to speed up development of their 4680 battery cell, the Japanese electronics giant started large-scale prototype production this month and this week sent samples of the new cells to Tesla. Kazuo Tadanobu, […]
Panasonic has been feeling the pressure to ramp up development of Tesla’s next generation 4680 battery cells. The company’s chief financial officer Hirokazu Umeda revealed on Wednesday that while Tesla is seeking faster development of […]
Tesla started deliveries of the new Model Y Standard Range AWD made at Giga Texas last week, delivering up to 20 of the cars at the Cyber Rodeo. We already know the electric SUV is […]
Tesla officially started deliveries of the Made-in-Texas Model Y at the Giga Texas Cyber Rodeo on Saturday. Those deliveries were presumably to employees as the Design Studio still doesn’t list the Standard Range AWD variant […]
Tesla battery supplier CATL is preparing to launch its latest cell to pack (CTP) which they claim has 13% more energy than Tesla’s 4680 cells. Wu Kai, chief scientist of CATL said at the China […]
Panasonic announced on Monday it will begin mass production of Tesla’s 4680 battery cell before the end of March 2024. The company said the new cells will be produced at its Wakayama factory in western […]
Tesla announced today it has officially produced 1,000,000 4680 battery cells. In a post to Twitter, the automaker said it reached the milestone in January, sharing a picture of the employees who helped make it […]
Tesla has been working hard at perfecting the production process of their new 4680 battery cells at their facility on Kato Road. The process is a balance between increasing throughput (the number of cells produced) […]
With the release of their Q4 and 2021 full year earnings report, Tesla has strongly hinted that Giga Texas will start Model Y production with structural battery packs and 4680 cells. UPDATE 2:35pm PST: Elon Musk […]
Panasonic has been working on developing a prototype of Tesla’s 4680 battery cell since the new form factor was announced at Battery Day in 2020. The Japanese electronics maker unveiled their first prototype late last […]
