BYD is supplying iron LFP blade batteries for Tesla Model Y’s made in Tesla’s Berlin factory. It is reported that the batteries are already being supplied and the first Model Ys with those batteries will be produced this month. There were earlier reports that BYD would supply about 10 GWh per year. This would be …
Twitter likely has 25% bots and not 5%. There might even be as many as 50% bots. Twitter had reported nearly flat daily active user counts from 2014 to 2022. If there were growing Twitterbots, then fake users and fake activity hid a drop in real users and real activity. I also cover how Elon …
The Toyota Corolla has been the best-selling car (nameplate) since 1974. There have been over 50 million sold in the past 48 years. The Tesla Model Y is already the best-selling car in terms of sales revenue in the first half of 2022. Here I go over the details of Corolla sales in 2021 and …
Tesla 4680 structural packs has eliminated threaded fasteners which is the cause of 75% of failures in cars. Sandy Munro believe there are 816 or 828 battery cells in the pack. There is four sections of 204 battery cells (6X34) but there could be a section with 12 extra cells hidden under the foam. They …
Ford’s late 2023 electric vehicles production runrate target is half of Tesla Q4 2021 production runrate. Tesla built 305,000 vehicles in Q4 of 2021. Annually at that rate of production Tesla would make 1.22 million cars. Ford hopes to be about three years behind Tesla in EV production. Tesla ended 2020 with 179,757 produced in …
Tesla quarterly earnings have been released and Tesla beat expectations. Tesla has given its mile driven with over 100,000 testers with FSD beta. Tesla has more self-driving miles in the last 6 months than other companies have ever had driven. The chart is for cumulative miles driven. They are adding Tesla has sold most of …
Munro and Associates have finally been able to safely remove the top cover of the Tesla 4680 battery pack from a Texas produced Model Y. It reveals a cement like foam. The structural strength of the battery pack is very high. The 4680 structural batteries and pack reduce weight of the vehicle by having the …
Panasonic Energy is building a pipeline of 2 terawatt-hours (TWh) of battery and raw material supplies for Tesla as part of a new mandate from the Elon Musk-led company, according to Chief Technology Officer Shoichiro Watanabe. 2 Terawatt-hours per year is enough for about 26 million electric cars per year. Panasonic will need to build …
Jordon at the Limiting Factor is a battery expert and he has had a detailed analysis of a six month old 4680 Tesla battery. It is a world class battery with an extra 10 watt hours per kilogram of energy density. It achieved with a 15% disadvantage of using a thicker shell around the battery …
Tesla’s 4860 structural battery packs are built so strong and tough that they are not designed to be repaired. The packs are so strong and durable that if there are any issues they will have to be replaced. Munro Associates perform disassembly analysis of cars. It is taking them about a week to safely take …
VW CEO Herbert Deiss said Volkswagen will pass Tesla in EV sales by 2025. Ford CEO Jim Farley says Ford will challenge Tesla globally. But Tesla doubled its US sales from the first half of 2021 in the first half of 2022. Tesla does not report official US sales numbers but monthly US sales for …
