Tesla taps Asian partners to address 4680 battery concerns
policy to secure future EV production, two of the sources said. LG and Panasonic are expected to supply cells for Cybertruck, one of the sources said.The new battery is expected to play a key role in the launch late this year of the edgy, stainless-steel Cybertruck, the company's first new model in more than three years.
The Tesla-designed 4680 cell — so named for its external dimensions — is crucial to future production plans. Tesla intends to make versions at factories in Texas, California, Nevada and Berlin for use in vehicles fromBut Tesla is still struggling to ramp up the first wave of production, Musk acknowledged at Tesla's investor day on March 1.Despite the immediate problems, some analysts remain optimistic Tesla will resolve these issues.
Shoichiro Watanabe, chief technology officer of Panasonic Energy, last month said the company's new Kansas battery plant will focus initially on 2170 cells, but it will eventually shift 4680 production to North America. The automaker so far has been able to dry-coat the anode — the negative electrode — but is still having issues with dry-coating the cathode, where the most significant gains are expected to be made, the sources said.
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