If we could only determine the progress of Tesla's Model Y standard endurance model through rumors, we can now determine that the new ModelY with the 4680 battery pack is already in production.
During Cyber Rodeo, a Twitter user spotted a new Model Y painted with the Cyber Rodeo logo in a Texas factory, and after getting on the car, he roughly checked it out and found that the car was the model Y standard endurance version, and the VIN related to the car information also confirmed that it was built at the Texas factory, and based on the video and a rough calculation of the fully charged mileage, the car appeared to be in the EPA last month The data is listed in the same way as the new Model Y.
Subsequently, some people speculated through the information released that this new version of the ModelY seems to be a vehicle with a 4680 battery installed, and why Tesla will apply the 4680 battery on the standard endurance version of the ModelY, they also provide an explanation: because the manufacturing speed of the 4680 battery is slower than other batteries, compared with the long-endurance version (82kWh), the standard endurance version (68kWh) battery pack only needs to install a smaller number of batteries to produce a considerable number of vehicles , so in the case of ensuring that the total number of batteries remains unchanged, the production of the basic version of the ModelY is conducive to large-scale production.
Although Tesla has not officially announced in public that they are building a car with a 4680 battery, production may have started by the new ModelY that we can see at the event site.