20 Mar 2024, 18:24 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla announced it surpassed an important milestone for the 4680-cell production, being able to produce enough cells for 1,000 Cybertrucks in one week
25 Jan 2024, 12:05 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla sent mixed signals regarding the Cybertruck during the Q4 2023 earnings call, leaving people scratching their heads about production capacity
18 Jan 2024, 18:18 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla is having problems increasing 4680 battery cell production at Giga Texas and is now importing battery parts from China to cover the deficit
10 Jan 2024, 13:18 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Panasonic is again talking about a third battery factory in the US after shelving Oklahoma plans last year, and the decision is critical for Tesla
4 Jan 2024, 15:55 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla is on track to change the 4680-cell chemistry to allow between ten and twenty percent more energy density for the Cybertruck's batteries
19 Oct 2023, 18:37 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla announced ramping up production of 4680 battery cells at Giga Texas, although the lead inventor of the dry electrode coating process left the company
12 Oct 2023, 08:28 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla announced it produced the 20 millionth 4680 cell at Giga Texas, which means it now has enough production capacity to build 25,000 Cybertrucks per year
20 Sep 2023, 14:47 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Insider information shows that Tesla will close its Kato Road battery facility to prepare the production line for the second-generation 4680 cells
15 Sep 2023, 09:41 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla removed the base Model Y AWD from its website in the US, presumably to hoard the 4680 cells for the Cybertruck production
20 Jul 2023, 17:48 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla revealed second-generation 4680 battery cells called Cybercells with 10% higher energy density to power the Cybertruck
19 Jun 2023, 12:04 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla announced that it produced the 10 millionth 4680 cell at Giga Texas, a significant production milestone but still only enough to power about 10,000 EVs
16 Jun 2023, 14:19 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / By that year, the Cybertruck should have been in production for months. Still being in its alpha prototype stage is worrisome.
14 Jun 2023, 12:16 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Elon Musk admitted in an interview that Tesla Semi would not see significant production figures until later in 2024 because of battery-supply constraints
2 Jun 2023, 13:55 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla recently started to export China-made EVs to North America, pointing to problems caused by its reckless bet on the 4680 batteries without having a backup
11 May 2023, 16:40 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Panasonic announced that it's delaying the production start of the 4680 battery cells for Tesla until April-September 2024, a year later than initially planned
30 Mar 2023, 10:27 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla has named Matt Tyler as the new Director of Dry Electrode Development, in charge of advancing the new technology for the 4680-cell production
24 Mar 2023, 16:13 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla's 4680 cells feature a third electrical terminal that could be used to measure key battery parameters in real-time to allow faster charging
28 Feb 2023, 09:41 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Reports indicate that South Korean L&F Co has secured a $2.9 billion Tesla contract to supply the EV maker with high-nickel cathode materials
2 Feb 2023, 15:35 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla filed a flurry of patents, with the most interesting among them being related to Li-Ion battery production, more specifically, the dry electrode process
26 Jan 2023, 19:20 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Despite still struggling with low yields, Tesla plans to use the 4680 cells for everything from cars to stationary storage, meaning LFP 4680 cells are a given