Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 01:25:31 +0000
Tesla held its annual shareholder meeting today. (You can watch the whole thing on YouTube below.) Below are some highlights from the meeting. Overall, like Elon Musk likes to do with these and as I predicted earlier today, it was in large part a reflection on how far Tesla has come in the past decade, […]
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:38:49 +0000
How can the company, which has a mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, sign onto environmental devastation inherent with new nickel mining investments?
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 07:54:36 +0000
Panasonic is likely to invest up to $4 billion into a new factory for Tesla batteries in Kansas. It’s all about the batteries. While there are other supply chain challenges lately, the number one barrier to faster electric vehicle sales growth year after year is lack of batteries. That goes for Tesla as well as […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 06:47:12 +0000
Tesla has been building a dual motor version of the Model Y with the new 4680 battery pack that is a structural component of the car for a few weeks now — enough time for people to run some charging tests and begin tearing them down to understand how they are put together. Tesla Model […]
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2022 06:29:54 +0000
The 4680 batteries have 5 times more energy with 6 times the power and enable a 16% range increase. At the battery-pack level, the form-factor improvements alone result in a 14% reduction in cost per kWh.
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:57:00 +0000
Panasonic shipped samples of its 4680 batteries to Tesla ahead of the production surge, Reuters recently reported. Mass production of the new battery is expected to begin at the plant in Wakayama in March of next year when the company’s fiscal new year begins and before production is moved to North America. Kazuo Tadanobu, CEO […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 14:30:16 +0000
Last year’s Tesla Megapack battery fire at Victoria Big Battery in Australia was a learning moment for Tesla and Neoen. The fire happened in July when a Tesla Megapack was being tested. The fire spread to another battery as well and the two Megapacks were destroyed. The fire lasted for six hours and according to […]
Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 02:24:41 +0000
In this article, I’m going to highlight a truly outstanding YouTube channel, “The Limiting Factor,” and in particular, a recent video summarizing the battery news that came out of Tesla’s recent 1st quarter earnings call. This 80-minute video has enough material to make about 10 articles, but I’m going to highlight 3 related points that […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 08 May 2022 23:10:50 +0000
Tesla’s recycled batteries have provided almost 92% of their original raw materials back to Tesla for future use, according to new information in Tesla’s 2021 Impact Report. Tesla’s factories are already using an in-house, closed-loop recycling system. This allows for all of Tesla’s batteries that it receives to be recycled with up to 92% of […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 14:28:10 +0000
LFP batteries are Tesla’s response to raw materials shortages.