The secret of increasing the range of electric vehicles Tesla Model Y and Model 3 revealed
A month ago, Tesla announced that it began accepting orders for Tesla Model Y and 3 electric vehicles with a 3-5% increased range. At that time, the company did not explain in any way how the mileage was increased by an extra 15–20 km. Today this question can be answered with a great deal of confidence. It turned out that Panasonic has started supplying or will soon begin supplying Tesla with batteries with a slightly higher energy density.
At the Stanford StorageX symposium, Celina Mikolajczak, a representative of Panasonic Energy in North America, announced that the Gigafactory in Nevada, where Panasonic manufactures battery cells for Tesla, has begun modernizing production lines to produce cells with a 5% increase in energy density. … Note, there is no direct indication that Tesla Model Y and 3 with increased mileage is using new Panasonic cells. However, anyone can add two and two. Panasonic’s new batteries may only surface in Tesla products.
However, the new Panasonic battery cells are interesting not only for their slightly higher energy density. They also promise faster battery charging. There is no information on this yet, but it will probably appear soon. You can’t throw so much good news on Tesla fans all at once? Can burn out emotionally. Let us rejoice gradually.
