They’ve done it
A new battery with:
5x the energy
+16% range
6x the power
#Teslabatteryday
14% cost decrease as well
Changing cathode material cost from $10.20 to $1 and some change
Also increasing the range by 20% for the vehicles
(So far we are up to 37% cost decrease to generate the batteries)
They’re at 49% cost decrease at this point
And they’re now using batteries IN the casted structure as opposed to ON the structure
370 fewer parts, 10% mass reduction, 14% range increase
Total reduction; 56% per dollar kilowatt production in the vehicle creation process
Total:
54% range increase in a vehicle
56% per dollar kilowatt hour production reduction
69% investment per GWH reduction
Long term: Tesla vehicles going to be affordable for everyone
3 years from now, they’re confident that they’ll make a $25k fully autonomous compact #Tesla EV
New model S - Plaid
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