{"id":12847,"date":"2021-11-03T05:54:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T09:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/auto\/?p=12847"},"modified":"2021-11-03T05:54:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T09:54:37","slug":"tesla-battery-cell-manufacturing-equipment-gigafactory-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=12847","title":{"rendered":"Tesla takes delivery of battery cell manufacturing equipment at Gigafactory Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tesla has been spotted taking delivery of battery cell manufacturing equipment at Gigafactory Texas.<\/p>\n

The automaker appears to be making progress in deploying battery cell production at the new facility.<\/p>\n

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Ahead of Tesla\u2019s Battery Day last year, Electrek<\/em>\u00a0has exclusively revealed\u00a0Tesla\u2019s secret \u201cRoadrunner\u201d project<\/a>, which consists of its in-house designed battery cell manufacturing system to increase production volume and reduce cost.<\/p>\n

Tesla built a \u201cTera battery manufacturing facility<\/a>\u201d in its facilities on Kato Road next to its factory in Fremont to house pilot production lines for the project.<\/p>\n

But at the time, we first reported about Tesla\u2019s plan to deploy a full-scale version of the new 4680 battery cell production at Gigafactory Texas in Austin.<\/p>\n

A few months later, Tesla officially applied for permits to build its battery cell factory<\/a> within the Gigafactory Texas project.<\/p>\n

While Tesla has been releasing updates about its plan to start Model Y production at the site by the end of the year, we. haven\u2019t heard much about progress toward establishing battery cell production at the site.<\/p>\n

Now we get to see some progress toward that goal as Jeff Roberts, a drone pilot who often flies over Gigafactory Texas, spotted Tesla taking delivery of manufacturing equipment called \u201cAnode line 1\u201d:<\/p>\n

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The equipment appears to be meant for Tesla\u2019s anode production line for battery cell production at the factory.<\/p>\n

At Battery Day, Tesla said that it designed a new silicon that is going to be much cheaper than current solutions for the anode of the 4680 cell.<\/p>\n

Tesla believes that the improvement to the anode will result in a 5% reduction in cost per kWh for the battery.<\/p>\n

While Tesla is now deploying battery cell production equipment at Gigafactory Texas, the timing for the start of battery cell production at the plant is still not clear.<\/p>\n

The automaker has previously guided a start in 2022 in order to enable a ramp-up of Model Y production and the introduction of new vehicle production at Gigafactory Texas, like Cybertruck, Tesla Semi, and more.<\/p>\n

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