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Tesla celebrates key milestone for 4680 battery cell production cost


Tesla produces in-house 4680 battery cells at its Gigafactory in Texas, along with getting them from outside suppliers.

Credit: Tesla | XTesla has highlighted an important 4680 battery cell milestone in recent weeks, noting that its Texas manufacturing team for the hardware has scaled production enough to outpace the cost-effectiveness of outside suppliers. Wcamp9, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia CommonsTesla CEO Elon Musk and Donald Trump top trade advisor Peter Navarro have locked horns about the administration’s tariffs, which have resulted in a wide selloff on Monday. LGES recently announced its plans to acquire General Motors’ (GM) entire stake in the two companies’ joint venture (JV) battery plant for 3 trillion won ($2.043 billion).

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