Updated Lucid Gravity SUV, Panasonic 4680 production, public funds for Supercharger network: Car News Today
Tesla’s main supplier plans to develop large format cells by 2023. Tesla may be aiming to get public funds for the Supercharger network. And Lucid announced the second factory and provided an update on the “extreme performance” SUV. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.
Lucid on Monday provided a Update on the “super high efficiency” Gravity SUV— pushing it into 2024 but with CEO Peter Rawlinson promising some “turning points” in the development that will make it a “disruptive” model. It has also confirmed its first international factory. Located in Saudi Arabia, the plant will have a maximum capacity of 150,000 vehicles per year and will begin production of the Lucid EV in 2025. Lucid also
Panasonic, announced on Monday that it plans to increase produce 4680 large-format cylindrical cells– the kind that Tesla focuses on on Battery Day – in Japan. With mass production likely to begin sometime after March 2023, Tesla may need to ramp up its own production by that time to avoid further delays to the Cybertruck or potentially have to Find other suppliers.
And maybe federal funds open Tesla Supercharger network for non-Tesla EVs? That seems to be what Tesla suggested in a proposal in a comment round with the Federal Highway Administration, as it helped lay out how to spend $7.5 billion on the national electric vehicle charging network.
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