{"id":49251,"date":"2023-05-09T12:03:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T16:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49251"},"modified":"2023-05-09T12:03:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T16:03:44","slug":"tesla-giga-texas-5000-modely-weekly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49251","title":{"rendered":"Report: Tesla Giga Texas Produces 5,000 Model Y Per Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tesla Giga Texas plant in Austin continues to increase its electric car production rate, reaching another milestone.<\/p>\n<p>According to <em>Teslarati<\/em>&#8216;s unofficial sources, the plant is now producing 5,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/tesla\/model-y\/\">Tesla Model Y<\/a> weekly, which is equivalent to about 250,000 annually (when assuming 50 work weeks).<\/p>\n<p>There is no official confirmation about this now, but <em>Teslarati<\/em> reports that it obtained photographs of a unique <em>&#8220;5k&#8221;<\/em> logo that features Texas longhorns and <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/tesla\/\">Tesla<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;T&#8221; within. We guess that this is in preparation for a jubilee Model Y car, which will be shown soon.<\/p>\n<section class=\"embed-item\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"embed\" data-embed-code=\"%3Cblockquote%20class%3D%22twitter-tweet%22%20data-theme%3D%22dark%22%3E%3Cp%20lang%3D%22en%22%20dir%3D%22ltr%22%3ESCOOP%3A%20Tesla%20has%20reached%20a%20new%20production%20milestone%20at%20Giga%20Texas%2C%20just%20a%20little%20over%2030%20days%20after%20achieving%20its%20last%20one%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FNqFm447VBh%22%3Ehttps%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FNqFm447VBh%3C%2Fa%3E%20by%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FKlenderJoey%3Fref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Etfw%22%3E%40KlenderJoey%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%26mdash%3B%20TESLARATI%20(%40Teslarati)%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FTeslarati%2Fstatus%2F1655758206826602496%3Fref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Etfw%22%3EMay%209%2C%202023%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fblockquote%3E%20%3Cscript%20async%20src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js%22%20charset%3D%22utf-8%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E%20\">\u00a0<\/section>\n<p>The Tesla Giga Texas factory is following <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/659190\/tesla-giga-berlin-production-5000cars-week\/\">the Tesla Giga Berlin plant, which reached a rate of 5,000 Model Y per week on March 25<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Production is increasing very quickly, because the company officially reported about 4,000 units in early April, and 3,000 was achieved in mid-December.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the previously announced milestones:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Early 2022: production start of the 4680-type battery version<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/579212\/first-mit-tesla-modely-employee\/\">April 2022: first deliveries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/595264\/report-tesla-delivers-modely-lr-built-texas\/\">Spring\/summer 2022: production start of the 2170-type battery version<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/605558\/tesla-giga-texas-production-1000-week\/\">Summer 2022: production rate of 1,000\/week (about 50,000\/year)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/610957\/tesla-10000th-modely-produced-texas\/\">September 17, 2022: 10,000th Model Y produced<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/619255\/tesla-giga-texas-built-20000-modely\/\">October 30, 2022: 20,000th Model Y produced<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/626976\/tesla-giga-texas-produces-3000-modely-week\/\">December 15, 2022: production rate of 3,000\/week (about 150,000\/year)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/660351\/tesla-giga-texas-builds-4000-model-y-per-week-for-first-time\/\">April 2, 2022: production rate of 4,000\/week (about 200,000\/year)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>May 9, 2022: unofficial report about production rate of 5,000\/week (about 250,000\/year)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tesla produces at the site two different versions of the car: the Model Y AWD, equipped with the 4680-type cells, and the Model Y Long Range AWD, equipped with the 2170-type cells.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla Model Y produced in Texas side-by-side:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tesla Model Y AWD: 4680-type cells and structural battery pack<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/573132\/new-tesla-modely-version-emerges\/\">279 miles (449 km) of EPA range (19&#8243; wheels)<\/a> or 269 miles (433 km) with 20&#8243; wheels<\/li>\n<li>Tesla Model Y Long Range AWD: 2170-type cells<br \/>330 miles (531 km) of EPA range (19&#8243; wheels) or 318 miles (512 km) with 20&#8243; wheels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s unknown what the proportion of AWD\/LR AWD is, but the Model Y AWD probably hit some significant volume because it <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/630412\/tesla-modely-awd-4680-battery-available\/\">appeared for the very first time on Tesla&#8217;s ordering website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s expected that the production of the Model Y in Texas will continue to increase, with a growing share of 4680-powered versions.<\/p>\n<p>In the future, the Tesla Giga Texas plant will also produce the <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/tesla\/cybertruck\/\">Tesla Cybertruck<\/a> pickup.<\/p>\n<section class=\"relatedContent-new\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"related-content\" data-widget-size=\"content\" data-params=\"%7B%22type_id%22%3A0%2C%22title_id%22%3A%22%22%2C%22items%22%3A%5B%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22665577%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Rumor%3A%20BYD-Powered%20Tesla%20Model%20Y%20Production%20Started%20In%20Germany%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22byd-tesla-modely-production-germany%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%220%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2FjllOR1%2Fs5%2Ftesla-giga-berlin-model-y-general-assembly-tesla-q2-2022-report.jpg%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22665383%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Estimated%20Tesla%20Order%20Backlog%20Weakened%3A%2072%2C000%20On%20April%2015%2C%202023%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22estimated-tesla-order-backlog-april15-2023%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%220%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2FRq96QK%2Fs5%2Festimated-tesla-order-backlog-april-15-202322-source-troy-teslike.jpg%22%7D%7D%5D%7D\">   <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tesla Giga Texas plant in Austin continues to increase its electric car production rate, reaching another milestone. According to Teslarati&#8216;s unofficial sources, the plant is now producing 5,000 Tesla Model Y weekly, which is equivalent to about 250,000 annually (when assuming 50 work weeks). There is no official confirmation about this now, but Teslarati [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}