This is what a Tesla structural battery should look like - simple yet amazing [Electrek]

Electrek has received the first ever photograph of a Tesla structural battery. And while we could still expect it to appear based on simulation, the packaging is impressive. The cells are exceptionally large, arranged in such a way as to assume the absence of additional organization (modules!) In the form of honeycombs.

Opening photo courtesy of Electrek.

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The photo shows 4680 cells standing side by side, immersed in a certain mass. Probably - as before - it should absorb vibrations, facilitate heat removal and at the same time make it difficult to ignite if the charged cell is physically damaged. Since the links are part of the structure that reinforces the entire machine, damage to them will also be more difficult.

At the edge of the battery, you can see the coolant lines with a close eye. (close-up in a red frame). The previous information indicates that it will circulate at the bottom or top of the cells.

Since charging is faster and more powerful than discharging a battery while driving, it is very important that the cooling system can withstand the greatest amount of heat generated around the negative (“negative”) pole of the cell - perhaps at the bottom.

The 4680-cell packages are due to appear in the Tesla Model Y manufactured by Giga Berlin. They will also go to variants of Plaid vehicles and possibly vehicles that require the highest possible energy density of the entire battery, read: Cybertruck and Semi. Since they should be in the Model Y, they will probably also appear in the Model 3 Long Range/Performance, and this in turn suggests their presence in the Model S and X - so the most expensive cars will not be technologically different from others. cheaper and more compact Tesla.

However, it is unclear when all this will happen. It is only known that the first Model Y models will leave the German Tesla plant in the second half of 2021.

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