- Tesla still hasn’t solved its problem with large format 4680 battery cells
- Elon Musk reportedly told the team that these issues had better be resolved by the end of the year.
- If it cannot be resolved, the project will be abandoned.
Tesla is having problems with large format 4680 battery, and CEO Elon Musk has set a deadline for fix themaccording to a new report.
Anonymous sources familiar with the matter said Information (through InsideEV) In May, Musk asked the team responsible for these cells to resolve issues preventing expanded production by the end of the year, or the project would be canceled.
Tesla cells of the future will generate energy, power
Specifically, engineers had to solve a problem that would make the battery cells longer and wider than Tesla’s previous 2170 cells while maintaining the same cylindrical shape. collapse into themselves while in use, according to the report.
Announced in 2020, the 4680 cells have been touted by Musk as the key to Unlock cheaper electric carsas well as more energy-intensive applications like the Tesla Semi and Cybertruck. But while Tesla aims to produce a total of 1 million 4,680 cells at its pilot facility by 2022, the company is currently reportedly only producing enough cells for about 1,000 Cybertrucks per week. That would require a major leap forward to providing production of Model 3 and Model YThis is the automaker’s interim goal.
Cross section of the future Tesla cell
Panasonic battery supplier has warned repeatedly that technical problems with larger cells could hinder mass productionsaid in 2021 that make them “requires new techniques.” And while many battery suppliers have shown interest in these large format cellNo one can scale faster than Tesla and Panasonic.
CATL is taking a completely different path than cell-to-pack technologyintegrating cells directly into a battery pack without the modules used in most current battery pack designs. In 2022, the company claimed that a current version of the technology could deliver 13% more energy than Tesla’s 4680-format cells of the same volume. But cell-to-battery conversion has also been slow to catch on, at least in the U.S. market.
