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
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
Elon Musk Finds Press Coverage of Battery Day Sad: “Average” People Know Nothing
29 Sep 2020, 03:36 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Tesla CEO says he wasn’t trying to convince anyone about anything at the event that was deemed underwhelming: results will speak for themselves
Tesla Introduces New 4680 Battery Cell, Claims 54 Percent Overall Range Boost
23 Sep 2020, 12:35 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / It looks like the 2170 battery standard Tesla is developing together with Panasonic will be pretty short-lived as a new, larger cell is all but decided on
Tesla Model S Plaid Announced with Sub-2-Sec 0-60, Sub-9-Sec Quarter Mile
22 Sep 2020, 23:30 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / At least on paper (for now), the Tesla Model S Plaid delivers everything that was expected of it, and then some: 520 miles, 0-60 < 2 sec, 1/4 mile < 9 sec.