Tesla, which has built a giant factory in the Texas Gigafactory campus, has filed an application to expand the factory and plans to build a factory for the production of battery cathodes.
Judging from foreign media reports, Tesla submitted application documents to Austin, where the Gigafactory is located, on February 2, local time. The proposed industrial facilities and related improvements. The name of the project is positive.
The city of Austin has now received the application documents submitted by Tesla. A spokesperson for the city of Austin revealed that he determined that it was a Tesla project and an application for a battery cathode plant.
Since Tesla launched the 4680 battery with greatly improved energy density and output in September 2020, the positive electrode they produced in the Texas Gigafactory may be used to produce the 4680 battery, the foreign media also mentioned in the report at this point.
It is worth noting that in the earnings analyst conference call on January 26, Musk has confirmed that the Model Y produced by the Texas Gigafactory will be equipped with a structural battery pack and 4680 batteries.
If the newly applied battery cathode factory is approved, the Model Y produced by Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory in the future will receive batteries nearby.
In addition, Drew Baglino, Tesla’s senior vice president in charge of powertrain and energy engineering, revealed that the Texas Gigafactory is already installing related facilities, and the production capacity of 4680 batteries in the California factory has also been significantly improved. They are producing 4680 structural batteries every day. Group for electric vehicles produced in Texas.