Panasonic delays production of new Tesla battery to improve performance

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Panasonic said on Wednesday that it will delay the commercial production of its 4680 battery cells championed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk and begin operations during the April to September period in 2024, later than previously scheduled, as the company aims to improve their performance.

Kazuo Tadanobu, CEO of Panasonic's Energy Company holds a prototype of the 4680 format battery cell next to the current 2170 battery supplied to Tesla Inc during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan October 25, 2021.

Tesla's Japanese supplier, Panasonic, previously planned to start volume production for Tesla between April 2023 to March 2024. "Mass production rescheduled to begin during 1H FY3/25 to introduce performance improvement measures that will further enhance competitiveness," Panasonic said on itsPanasonic is running a pilot 4680 production line at its Wakayama factory in Japan, while Tesla

 

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