The Semi Gigafactory Tesla Builds in Nevada Will Also Produce 4680 Cells for 1.5M Cars
25 Jan 2023, 09:45 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla has officially announced plans to expand the Nevada gigafactory with a Semi production facility and a 100-GWh 4680 battery factory
Tesla's Advances in Battery Tech Put Korean Battery Manufacturers in a Difficult Position
23 Jan 2023, 19:28 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla’s battery tech and dominant market position puts the three South Korean battery manufacturers in a very difficult position long term
BMW Announces Cylindrical Cell Formats: Not 4680, But Rather 4695 and 46120
20 Jan 2023, 18:01 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company also confirmed a deal with Solid Power that Reuters anticipated in December 2022: it will make solid-state cells in-house
Tesla's 4680 Cells Are Worse Than Ordinary Ones, With Lower Energy Density and More Cobalt
21 Nov 2022, 20:09 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Limiting Factor bought one of them from Munro Live for $800 and sent it to UC San Diego to discover it offers only 244 Wh/kg
Tesla Is Moving Machinery to Make 4680 Cells from Germany to Texas
14 Oct 2022, 20:58 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The plan to have a battery plant at Giga Grünheide has been allegedly only postponed: it should wait for dry battery electrode coating (DBE) technology.
Tesla Seems to Consistently Believe Its Customers Are Gullible as Fish
28 Sep 2022, 22:10 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / It asks them to sign non-disclosure agreements, makes them wait until their warranties expire, and always tells them the vehicles are “within specs”
Teardowns Show Tesla's 4680 Cells Are Just Big and Ordinary NMC 811 Batteries
18 Sep 2022, 17:58 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Taylor Ogan made a Twitter thread to show that all the promises Tesla made about the new battery did not turn into reality
BMW Develops Its Own 4680 Cells, Contracts CATL and EVE Energy to Build Them
9 Sep 2022, 10:25 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The two Chinese suppliers and the German brand will build six 20-GWh new battery factories: two in China, two in Europe, and two in the USMCA area
Tesla's 4680 Cells Could Cut 10% off the Cost of a Model Y, but There's a Problem
6 Sep 2022, 15:45 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Experts say Tesla could cut $5,500 from the Model Y battery costs thanks to the bigger 4680 cells and a new production technique, but ramping up is difficult
Sandy Munro Gets to the Bottom of Tesla's Structural Battery Pack, All Secrets Revealed
24 Aug 2022, 14:10 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Munro & Associates embarked on a journey to find the secrets inside Tesla’s structural battery pack, which has proven way more difficult than initially thought
Made-in-Germany Tesla Model Y Built With BYD Structural Battery Pack Has a 55-kWh Capacity
12 Aug 2022, 13:52 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / New information about the batteries that BYD supplies to Giga Berlin show a Tesla Model Y variant with a structural battery pack and a 55-kWh battery capacity
Musk Says Tesla Will Ship the 500-Mile Semi Truck in 2022, the Internet Replies With a Meh
10 Aug 2022, 12:48 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Elon Musk boasted on Twitter that Tesla will ship the Semi Truck with 500 miles of range later this year, followed by the Cybertruck next year
Sandy Munro Is Baffled by What He Finds Under the Pink Foam of the Tesla 4680 Battery Pack
29 Jul 2022, 13:01 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla’s new structural battery with 4680 cells is markedly different from all other car batteries on the market, including those made by Tesla
The Tesla Model Y 4680 Battery Teardown Continues, Sandy Has More Questions Than Answers
21 Jul 2022, 16:02 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The structural battery with 4680 cells of the made-in-Texas Tesla Model Y proves a tough nut to crack for Sandy Munro and his team, but they don’t give up
Panasonic Will Build 4680 Cells in Kansas, in World's Largest Battery Cell Facility
15 Jul 2022, 16:50 UTC · By: Ancuta Iosub / Panasonic has an agreement with Tesla to supply the automaker with a larger battery model to be fitted in Cybertruck in 2023
Munro & Associates: Tesla's 4680 Structural Battery Pack Has "Zero Repairability"
13 Jul 2022, 08:28 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Munro & Associates proceeded with the 4680 structural battery pack teardown, and the first conclusion is it has “zero repairability”
Munro & Associates Tears Down Structural Battery Pack on Tesla Model Y, It's Mind-Blowing
6 Jul 2022, 14:48 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Munro & Associates tears down the structural battery pack of a Tesla Model Y built at Giga Texas with 4680 battery cells and thinks it’s “mind-blowing”
First Tesla Model Y With Structural Battery Pack Assembled at Giga Berlin Is Undrivable
16 Jun 2022, 16:12 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla has built the first Model Y using single-piece front and rear megacastings and a structural battery pack at Giga Berlin, but it is undrivable
Watch Robots Build Structural Battery Packs With 4680 Cells at Tesla Gigafactory
14 Jun 2022, 11:30 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla shared a video showing robots building structural battery packs using the new 4680 cells at Giga Austin, and the images are mesmerizing
Made-in-Texas Tesla Model Y With 4680 Cells Shows Good Charging Speed
9 Jun 2022, 14:13 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The first impressions of the Made-in-Texas Tesla Model Y show excellent build quality and good charging performance for the 4680 structural battery