Cybertruck Delays Blamed On 4680 Cell Supply Shortages As Tesla Turns To Chinese And Korean Friends For Help | Carscoops carscoops
, built in Fremont, California, to miss energy density targets. The company thinks it will be able to figure out the dry coating process and increase production significantly in 2023, but years of delays are now leading it to hedge its bets.Already, these troubles have caused it to push back production of the Cybertruck.
To avoid delaying the launch again- the truck was unveiled in 2019 and was initially supposed to go into production in 2021 – Tesla has turned to Korea’s LG Energy Solution and Japan’s Panasonic to help it with its supply of 4680 cells as it ramps up production in the U.S. To lower materials costs, it has turned to China’s Ningbo Robay New Energy and Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing. It is unclear what impact that will have on vehicles using those materials’ ability to qualify forDespite that, Tesla is confident that it can increase 4680 cell production by 500 percent by the end of 2023, and will do so even if it doesn’t have enoughto put those batteries in.
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