Tesla battery cell team at Giga Texas has hit a new production milestone, building its 50 millionth 4680 battery cell this week. This latest milestone gives us an insight into Tesla’s 4680 production ramp at […]
  • @ichbinjasokreativEnglish
    3•6 months ago

    Tesla do per-cell cooling and the round shape offers more surface area for that

    • ferretEnglish
      0•6 months ago

      A cylinder has the least surface area per unit volume of any extruded shape

      • @ichbinjasokreativEnglish
        1•6 months ago

        Generally that’s true, but in this case it’s about a flat surface vs curved

        • ferretEnglish
          1•6 months ago

          That still doesn’t change anything, unless tesla is only cooling one side of the cell for whatever reason