Tesla has achieved another manufacturing milestone. As captured by The automaker ShareIts Texas Gigafactory recently produced its ten-th millionth item on Saturday . This achievement could be good news to those who are looking to purchase a Cybertruck next spring. The pickup truck will be built mainly in Texas by Tesla. Initial production was expected to start in 2021, but Tesla delayed the Cybertruck. And then .
According to , one of the reasons Tesla’s next EV hasn’t arrived yet is due to a bottleneck related to the company’s next-generation . Elon Musk, Tesla CEO and founder, said that the technology would make electric vehicles less expensive than cars with gasoline engines. However, Tesla and Panasonic, their battery partner, had not yet produced the cells on a large scale. They only looked at them in June. .
That’s why the Model Y milestone is interesting. Tesla was founded in April. The SUV now comes in a new version that has 4680 battery cells. The SUV can go 279 miles on one charge and is priced at $59990. On Saturday, Tesla didn’t say how many of the new Standard Range AWD variants it has produced to date. However, ElectrekAccording to estimates, the Texas Gigafactory produces over 1,000 Model Y cars per week. The plant will likely begin producing 2,000 units every 7 days.
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