Tesla has crossed another major milestone in manufacturing. as trapped by the car manufacturer shared on Saturday that his Texas Gigafactory recently produced its 10,000th. The achievement could be welcome news for those hoping to buy a Cybertruck next year. Tesla plans to build the truck primarily in Texas. The automaker initially hoped to start volume production in 2021, but later delayed the Cybertruck and then.
According to One of the reasons Tesla’s next EV has yet to arrive is due to a bottleneck related to the company’s next generation. In 2020, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the technology would lead to electric vehicles that cost less than cars with combustion engines. At the time, however, Tesla and battery partner Panasonic had yet to produce the cells at scale, and it was only last June that they sought .
That’s why the Model Y milestone is interesting. In April, Tesla introduced a new variant of the SUV that features a 4,680-cell battery. It can travel 279 miles on a single charge and starts at $59,990. On Saturday, Tesla did not say how many of the new standard-range AWD variants it has produced to date. Nevertheless, Electrek estimates that the Texas Gigafactory currently builds more than 1,000 Model Y vehicles every week and that the plant is likely on track to start building 2,000 units every seven days.
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