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Rivian Abandons Plans To Develop Its Own Battery Cells, Fires 20 Battery Experts
Rivian Abandons Plans To Develop Its Own Battery Cells, Fires 20 Battery Experts

8 Dec 2023, 16:29 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Rivian fired 20 battery cell experts, including the company's lead battery engineer, Victor Prajapati, as it halts in-house battery cell development

 
Rivian Follows Tesla With a Structural Battery and Distributed Controllers in Its R1 EVs
Rivian Follows Tesla With a Structural Battery and Distributed Controllers in Its R1 EVs

6 Dec 2023, 17:55 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Rivian CFO Clair McDonough announced the company's plans to produce a simplified battery that sounds a lot like Tesla's structural battery pack

 
Tesla's 4680 Cells Could Cut 10% off the Cost of a Model Y, but There's a Problem
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
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

 
Sandy Munro Is Baffled by What He Finds Under the Pink Foam of the Tesla 4680 Battery Pack
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

 
How Much Lighter Is a Tesla Model Y Built With 4680 Cells Compared to One With 2170 Cells?
How Much Lighter Is a Tesla Model Y Built With 4680 Cells Compared to One With 2170 Cells?

26 Jul 2022, 12:51 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The structural battery pack with 4680 cells should make the MIT Tesla Model Y a lot lighter than the one built with 2170 cells, but a scale test tells the truth

 
The Tesla Model Y 4680 Battery Teardown Continues, Sandy Has More Questions Than Answers
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

 
Munro & Associates: Tesla's 4680 Structural Battery Pack Has "Zero Repairability"
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
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
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

 
Fisker Ronin Will Be a Four-Door Convertible: Structural Battery Pack May Make It Possible
Fisker Ronin Will Be a Four-Door Convertible: Structural Battery Pack May Make It Possible

6 May 2022, 14:31 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We have only seen them in body-on-frame structures so far, and they still twisted quite a bit. Fisker will have quite an engineering challenge to beat

 
Fisker Ronin Is the Company's Attempt to Bring Karma Back
Fisker Ronin Is the Company's Attempt to Bring Karma Back

4 May 2022, 11:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Henrik Fisker announced the high-end electric four-door GT sports car with over 550 miles of range and an attractive price of just under $200,000

 
Ford Mustang Mach-E Teardown Reveals Battery Pack Is Structural
Ford Mustang Mach-E Teardown Reveals Battery Pack Is Structural

5 Jul 2021, 21:14 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The electric component also looks thinner than those used in Tesla vehicles, for example. However, it would be 48 kg heavier.