Article by Steve LeVine of The Information suggests that Tesla is preparing to validate it’s engineering approach for high volume manufacturing of a new version of the 4680 by September. That involves: 1) Finally implementing a dry coated cathode 2) Scaling up a fix to an issue where the jelly roll would collapse into the …
Tesla 4680s have had slower ramping because of problems with the Cathode needing a wet process and cathodes made by other companies. Auto experts Munro Associates have taken apart a cybertruck and they think a dry process was used for both the cathode and the anode. This may not be for all 4680 batteries and …
Tesla’s 4680 cell ramp speed continues to improve, which will be faster, as they continue to work on more improvements. If Tesla 4680 battery production triples again over the next 6 months that would be enough batteries for 70,000 Cybertrucks in the second half of 2024. If Tesla 4680 battery production quadruples over the next …
Panasonic and LG energy will each start making 4680 batteries in different factories for Tesla starting around August 2024. The LG Ochang plant should have a combined 35 gigawatt-hour battery production capacity by 2025. LG Energy Solution had planned to secure a 200 gigawatt-hour production capacity in North America, Europe and Asia combined by the …
Joe Tegtmeyer described the Telsla 4680 battery chemistry upgrade. At the end of 2023, the 4680 battery chemical composition ratios in Cathode material was NMC 811 (80% Nickel, 10% Lithium, 10% Cobalt). However, Tesla is finishing the process of transitioning over to NMC 955 now that we are in 2024. They are also trialing asymmetric …
Giga Texas made their 20 millionth 4680 cell. This comes just 4 months after Tesla built its 10 millionth 4680 cell at Giga Texas. Tesla just built their 20 millionth 4680 cell at Giga Texas! What does that mean? -As per my analysis from the Q2 earnings call in the image below: It looks they're …
Elon Musk told his Tesla Nevada team that the new $3.6 billion Semi truck and 4680 factory will start with a 100 GWh/year production target but in the long term will expand to 500 GWh/year. This will be part of Tesla producting 1000-3000 GWh/year of 4680 batteries in total from Austin, Berlin, Shanghai and Nevada. …
Elon Musk said that Tesla plans to produce at least 100 GWH/year 4680 batteries from the new Nevada factory and this could reach 500 GWH/year. This will be part of Tesla expanding 4680 battery production to 1000-3000 GWH/year. This will be in addition to batteries from other suppliers like CATL. The 100 GWh/year is just …
Tesla will be investing over $3.6 billion more to continue growing Gigafactory Nevada, adding 3,000 new team members and two new factories: a 100 GWh 4680 cell factory (with capacity to produce enough batteries for 1.5 million light-duty vehicles annually) and the first high-volume Semi factory. Semi is the fully electric combination truck, with 500 …