Tesla is looking at a busy 2021 as Elon Musk confirmed rumors of the Model Y's new structural architecture and 4680 Tabless battery cells that would soon be sent to Gigafactory Berlin for future manufacturing. The company's Gigafactory Berlin would become the new haven for Model Y manufacturing, featuring new technology to be used for vehicle production.
The electric vehicle manufacturer and clean energy company, Tesla, would have a busy New Year's start this January as it would prepare for the finalization of the Model Y prototypes to soon be sent to Germany. Gigafactory Berlin's production is also getting busy as it is expected to take over Model Y manufacturing for the European market.
Previously, Elon Musk said that Gigafactory Berlin would be focused on producing Model Y units for the European market and also the world's need for the small luxury SUV, alongside its future work with CureVac. Moreover, Musk teased that the Model Y would have new and more powerful battery cells and have pointed at the 4680 Tabless technology by the company.
Elon Musk Confirms Rumors: Model Y's New Architecture and Battery in Giga Berlin
Elon Musk confirms all this in a tweet (@elonmusk), after replying to an article that presented rumors of the soon-shipping Model Y prototypes to Gigafactory Berlin. The Tesla CEO said that the "world's most advanced cells" would be made on-site, also with its structural architecture body, advanced paint shop, and body castings.
Giga Berlin-Brandenburg will be the first to use our new structural pack architecture, 4680 (world’s most advanced cells, made on-site), both front & rear body castings & advanced paint shop. Warning: with so much new technology, production timing is naturally harder to predict.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 15, 2020
Indeed, those are numerous tasks for Gigafactory Berlin, but it would be enough to handle the load as it would initially focus on Model Y productions right out the gate. Musk added that production timing would be "hard to predict," which is the CEO trying to tell the public that there would still be no definite time on the new Model Y's release.
September's Battery Day gave the public a little teaser on what would be coming on Tesla's promise of its in-house creation and design of a new battery cell to become self-sufficient. This promise was referring to the 4680 Tabless battery cell design that would be more robust compared to current batteries that are used on Tesla's vehicles.
Model Y Rumors: 17 Prototypes to be Sent to Gigafactory Berlin for Reference
According to a reputable Tesla leaker and insider called "Bruce Burnworth" (@bburnworth), Fremont's plants have already created 17 new Model Y Prototypes are already getting ready for its Berlin transport. The new Model Ys are already using the new structural architecture packs and the 4680 batteries, said to have been made for months now.
Tesla has been making the 4680 cells for many months. They have had them in cars for months. Now they are ramping up prototype production of Model Ys with 4680 Tech. They would not be doing this if they thought 4680 cells would be a constraint.
— B Burnworth (@bburnworth) December 15, 2020
The insider has shared massive news that surrounds the Model Y production, to which Elon Musk has indirectly confirmed that would be proceeding to Gigafactory Berlin but has not confirmed when. The best guess for Tesla Model Y's production to begin would be in the following year, with the clean energy company already gearing up for a busy 2021.
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Written by Isaiah Alonzo
