Tesla revealed a number of extra tech particulars about its eagerly anticipated Cybertruck electrical pickup truck on the Q2 earnings name with buyers yesterday.

One in all them – and certain crucial – is that the Cybertruck will get a more moderen, extra energy-dense model of Tesla’s 4680 cells that already energy a model of the Mannequin Y made at Gigafactory Texas.

“Right here in Texas we’re making ready to launch our Cybertruck cell, which has 10% increased vitality density than present manufacturing,” mentioned Tesla’s senior VP for powertrain and vitality engineering Drew Baglino, based on Inexperienced Automobile Stories. “That was completed by way of course of and mechanical design optimization.”

It is a large factor contemplating that present 4680 cells are comparable in vitality density to the 2170 cells presently utilized by most Tesla fashions. A ten p.c optimization is important, and it is also price noting that Tesla has been reportedly engaged on a high-nickel model of the 4680 cells.

Does the enhance in 4680 cell vitality density imply the Cybertruck will supply extra vary? Probably, though it may additionally enable Tesla to supply a barely extra compact battery pack providing the identical vary as a battery with decrease vitality density. Both means, Tesla hasn’t but disclosed how the acquire in vitality density will profit the patron. 

There was extra excellent news concerning Tesla’s 4680 batteries. Drew Baglino mentioned Tesla’s cell manufacturing on the Texas plant elevated 80 p.c within the second quarter of 2023 over the primary, because of “notable progress” on yield enchancment of the 4680 cell manufacturing traces.

Tesla additionally talked about a 25-percent discount in cell COGS (price of products bought), probably because of decrease uncooked materials prices. Moreover, Baglino reminded Tesla buyers that the 4680 staff in Austin handed 10 million manufacturing cells made in Texas final month.

In 2020, CEO Elon Musk unveiled a plan to construct Tesla’s personal EV batteries known as “4680” cells. However the automaker has thus far struggled to satisfy Musk’s targets for manufacturing and efficiency of the cells.

Issues look like heading in the right direction as Tesla continues to work in direction of reaching the aim set at its 2020 Battery Day occasion, particularly to chop its battery cell price in half in the long term, partly by efficiently implementing the brand new 4680 cell format.

Again to the Cybertruck, which Tesla claims has began preliminary manufacturing at Giga Texas final week, its powertrain specs and costs stay unknown. The automaker maintains that preliminary deliveries will begin this yr.