SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla plans to open a manufacturing unit to supply battery manufacturing gear within the Canadian metropolis of Markham, Ontario, Mayor Frank Scarpitti mentioned, as the electrical carmaker ramps up the manufacturing of cheaper, higher-range 4680 battery cells.
Scarpitti didn’t present many particulars. In 2019, the U.S. electrical carmaker acquired Canada-based Hibar, which manufactures pumps utilized in fast-speed battery meeting that Tesla is introducing for its new 4680 cells.
“I’m delighted to share that Tesla Canada is becoming a member of our already strong automotive and technology ecosystem by finding a producing facility within the Metropolis of Markham,” the mayor of town simply northeast of Toronto mentioned on Twitter.
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— Mayor Frank Scarpitti (@frankscarpitti)
November 4, 2021
“The power would be the first branded Tesla Canada manufacturing facility in Canada and can produce state-of-the-art manufacturing gear for use on the Gigafactories positioned world wide within the manufacturing of batteries.”
Tesla didn’t instantly touch upon the mayor’s tweet. Final yr, Tesla senior vp Andrew Baglino mentioned on the Battery Day occasion that its “vertical integration” with Hibar and others would permit them to construct batteries quicker and scale up manufacturing of its 4680 battery cells.
Baglino mentioned final month that Tesla will begin delivering its first autos with 4680 batteries early subsequent yr, however added that “this can be a new structure and unknown unknowns could exist nonetheless.”
Tesla presently builds the 4680 cells at its pilot manufacturing unit in California and plans to start out their manufacturing at its upcoming factories in Texas and Berlin.
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