Elon Musk says prototypes are easy, production is hell. Tesla delivered the first of its futuristic stainless steel-plated electric pickups last month and CEO Musk said in October that it would probably hit an annual production rate of a quarter of a million vehicles at some point during 2025. But Tesla is still a long way off that kind of production pace, and one of the main bottlenecks is the speed it can make the 4680 batteries used in the Cybertruck with its new dry-coating technology, nine people familiar with the matter said.

The nine people, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said Tesla had yet to crack dry-coating at the industrial scale needed to make 4680 batteries fast enough to hit its production targets.

4680 cells having some production issues it seems.

    • @dragontamerOPMEnglish
      8•9 months ago

      I thought the 4680 cells were supposed to help the Tesla Semi get mass produced in 2019, after the Tesla Semi’s announcement in 2017?

      We’re closer to 6 years late at this point.

    • SokathHisEyesOpenEnglish
      3•9 months ago

      What it’s actually saying is that they’re behind where they need to be by this point to hit their 2025 target.