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The Model Y with 4680 battery is out!
According to foreign media Drive Tesla Canada, Tesla recently sent an email to its employees, the content of the email shows that the starting price of the standard endurance version model Y produced at the Austin plant in Texas (hereinafter referred to as the Texas factory) is 59,990 US dollars (about 381,000 yuan).
It should be noted that the Model Y produced at the Texas factory is Tesla's first model equipped with a 4680 battery, which can reduce the production cost of the vehicle while improving performance.
The information currently exposed shows that the new car is a dual-motor version, with an EPA range of 279 miles (about 449 kilometers), an acceleration time of 0 to 60 miles (about 96.5 kilometers) / hour of 5.0 seconds, and a maximum speed of 217 km / h.
▲Comparison of model Y parameters of the entry version of The European Tesla in China and the United States
The first deliveries of the Model Y from Tesla's Texas plant have already begun, delivering about 20 cars to internal employees at a Cyber Rodeo event at the Texas plant last week.
However, Tesla has not officially announced the price of the new car. It is reported that the price will be officially announced within a few weeks.
It is worth noting that the Model Y produced at the Texas factory is currently tesla's most advanced product. It uses CTC technology (technology that directly mounts the battery cell to the chassis), 4680 battery and integrated die casting, which can significantly reduce the production and assembly difficulty and cost of the vehicle, and improve performance.
Because of this, the outside world has been paying close attention to the production progress of Tesla's Texas factory, and it is extremely eager to see the performance of the Texas Model Y.
This foreign media report can be said to have exposed the information of the Texas Model Y. From the current information, the Model Y at the Texas plant does not seem to have a clear advantage in performance, but the reduction of the price of $3,000 (about 19,000 yuan) is enough to show that it does reduce production costs.
However, it should be pointed out that the information currently exposed is only the data of the standard endurance version, and the follow-up long battery life and performance version of model Y may truly show the comprehensive strength of the three new technologies.
Of course, streamlining the production process is equally important to improve productivity, and if you want to see the new technology in the Texas factory, you may want to wait a little longer.
First, the starting price of 59,990 US dollars The first batch of cars delivered internally
Based on internal emails sent to Tesla employees a week ago and posts on Reddit, the first standard-endurance version of the Model Y produced at the Texas factory sold for $59,990 (about 381,000 yuan), According to Drive Tesla Canada.
▲Reddit related users reply to the price
Although the content of the email was not announced, Drive Tesla said it had also read the email and could confirm its authenticity.
▲ The first Model Y produced at the Texas plant
At present, the first batch of new cars is only delivered to employees, and the price of $59,990 (about 381,000 yuan) is 3,000 US dollars (about 19,000 yuan) less than the price of the entry-level model (Model Y long-endurance AWD version) of 62,990 US dollars (about 400,000 yuan) on sale on the US official website.
▲The first Model Y owners at the Texas plant
Second, the first models are AWD version battery capacity or 64KWh
Although Tesla has not disclosed the data of the state-made Model Y, foreign media Insideevs has previously found that Tesla has backed up four model Y versions on the EPA's official website, three of which have been listed in December last year.
The version that has not yet been listed is called the AWD version, and foreign media speculate that this version is the version produced by the Texas factory, equipped with a 4680 battery.
The EPA website also shows some parameters about this version of the model. Vehicles (19-inch wheels, 5-seater version) can reach 279 miles (about 449 kilometers) under the EPA standard, 291.9 miles (about 469.7 kilometers) if they are on urban roads, and 263.3 miles (about 423.6 kilometers) at high speeds.
▲Screenshot of parameters on the official website of EPA
However, the website did not announce the battery capacity of the Texas version of model Y, And Insideevs believes that the battery capacity of the Texas version of model Y has been reduced by 15 to 20% by comparing the battery life and energy consumption of the long-lasting AWD version currently on sale.
At present, it is known that the battery capacity of the Tesla Model Y long-life AWD version is 80kWh, so the Battery Capacity of the Texas Version Model Y is about 64 ~ 68kWh. According to the information transmitted by the Previous Texas factory, this car should use 4680 battery and CTC technology, but the chemical composition of the 4680 battery cell is not yet known.
According to the Tesla Motors Club, Insideevs also found more data on the Texas version of the Model Y, with the vehicle accelerating from 0 to 60 miles (about 0 to 96.5 kilometers) less than 5s, while the vehicle's top speed can reach 217km/h.
▲Foreign netizens found the Texan Model Y information in the source code of the website
In addition, the EPA website also shows the energy consumption of this model, the energy consumption of this model on urban roads is 162Wh/km, the energy consumption of high-speed road conditions is 181Wh/km, and overall, the energy consumption of this car is 170Wh/km.
Although Tesla registered four Model Ys at the same time on the EPA website: RWD, Long Range AWD, Performance AWD, AWD, Tesla has now stopped selling RWD versions in the United States, so the AWD produced in the Texas factory has become Tesla's entry-level model in the United States.
▲Comparison of model Y parameters of the entry version of The European Tesla in China and the United States
At present, the entry-level model provided by Tesla in China is a single-motor version, taking the lead in using lithium iron phosphate batteries, while the entry-level models sold in the United States and Europe directly use a dual-motor configuration. As the capacity of the Texas plant and the Berlin plant continues to increase, a single-motor version may also be introduced, and the price is expected to be further reduced.
Third, the new factory put into operation the three major black technologies are the most advanced in history
At a Cyber Rodeo event at the Texas plant last week, Tesla CEO Musk introduced three black technologies at the new plant, namely 4680 battery, CTC technology and one-piece die casting technology.
In terms of cell design, the 4680 cell has a diameter of 46mm and a length of 80mm, which is twice as large as the 2170 battery. The benefit of a large battery cell is a 5x increase in energy and a 6x increase in output power.
The 4680 battery cell can be directly laid into the chassis in the form of CTC, which can further reduce the number and weight of parts in the battery pack, thereby increasing the endurance of the vehicle.
In addition, the one-piece die casting machine at the Texas plant can directly die the model Y's front and rear two-stage body, thereby greatly reducing the body parts and production complexity.
The landing of these technologies can make Tesla improve production efficiency, and the production capacity of the Model Y single car alone has reached 500,000 units per year, and the cost of the vehicle can also be significantly reduced.
Musk boasted that the Texas plant is the most advanced factory in the world and the largest factory in the world, and if the plant is erected, its height will be much higher than the world's tallest Burj Khalifa.
▲Texas factory size comparison
At the event, Musk also showed the layout inside the factory, the layout of the entire factory is like an integrated circuit, the raw materials enter from one side of the factory, and after passing through the production line, the car will drive out from the other side of the factory.
▲Texas factory structure map
At the same time, Tesla's Texas factory will also produce 4680 batteries. Musk said the plant could be the world's largest cell-producing plant.
Conclusion: Tesla sales will reach a new high
In the past two years, Tesla has not put into production of new cars, but is constantly expanding production capacity, after two years of unremitting efforts, Tesla has four factories.
These factories will further increase Tesla's production capacity when they are fully produced. In the pure electricity market, Tesla will ride the east wind and once again launch an impact on sales.
Musk said at the 2021 earnings meeting that in order to achieve the goal of 50% annual sales growth, tesla sales this year will hit 1.4 million vehicles according to last year's 936,000 vehicles.
Driven by new technologies and products, Tesla is just around the corner.