Andrew J. Hawkins
Tesla’s next-gen EV battery is flailing.
The Information reports that Elon Musk is giving the 4680 battery team until the end of the year to “cut its costs and scale up” or it could be curtains for the project. Apparently testing has revealed the specs to be pretty middling. Also the battery keeps collapsing in on itself? Sounds bad.
Two of those people said they weren’t told what the consequences would be if the team misses the end of year deadline. However, both believe Musk may throw in the towel on trying to scale up the 4680 battery in house and instead rely largely on outside suppliers for the technology.
Musk Sets Tesla Battery Deadline After Setbacks
[The Information]
