Panasonic Unveils its Tesla 4680 Battery Cell, Production to Start Next Year
October 26th, 2021Via: Electrek:
Panasonic has today unveiled its new 4680 battery cell built for Tesla and it plans to start “test production” early next year.
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The head of Panasonic’s battery unit, Kazuo Tadanobu, said the new cell has five times the capacity of smaller previous models. He said the battery was developed in line with Tesla’s needs and Panasonic planned to supply it to Tesla, but he declined to give details.