FiveHundredCents wrote a post · Nov 3, 2021 12:47

Tesla's New 4680 Battery Manufacturing Equipment Arrives at Gigafactory Texas

In the midst of constructing two new car production factories to meet demand, $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ is also working on a new battery form factor, the 4680, that can reduce costs and increase electric vehicle range and efficiency.

So far, Tesla has only been scaling up production at its Kato Road facility in California. While the company works on improving yields and upping production, its current vehicles still ship with either the 2170 cells (3 and Y) or 18650 cells (S and X).

Tesla's New 4680 Battery Manufacturing Equipment Arrives at Gigafactory Texas

This tweet shared by Sawyer Merritt on Twitter shows a large delivery headed into Tesla Gigafactory Texas. This factory will begin production with the Model Y by the end of 2021 and start production of the Cybertruck and Tesla Semi sometime in 2022. The boxes are clearly labeled with "Anode 1" hinting at battery manufacturing, almost as if Tesla wanted it known.

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