Battery manufacturer Samsung SDI is understood to be preparing a pilot production line at its plant in Cheonan, South Korea for the test production of batteries destined for Tesla, to be followed by mass production likely to be in Malaysia, according to The Elec.
The battery to be trialled for production at the Korean site is the 4680, denoting its 46 mm diameter and 80 mm length, and Samsung SDI will be verifying this battery technology within the year, the publication wrote.
The Samsung SDI pilot production line for the 4680 batteries in Cheonan, South Korea will have an annual capacity of just under 1 GWh, however expectations are high enough that the company could grow production of these new batteries to an annual capacity of 8 GWh to 12 GWh.
Beyond the initial pilot production, the mass production of the 4680 batteries will likely take place at the Samsung SDI plant in Seremban, Malaysia, according to The Elec.
If the trials prove successful, Samsung could join other battery manufacturers such as Panasonic and LG in supplying Tesla its next-generation batteries, according to Teslarati.
The 4680 format battery was introduced by Tesla in September 2020 as a tabless battery cell design at its Battery Day event, and this battery was touted to offer gains of five times the energy density and six times the power for a 16% improvement in battery range in electric vehicles.
Sources told The Elec that Samsung SDI is preparing more than one version of the battery cells where one of the versions of the 46 mm-diameter cell will be shorter than 80 mm-tall 4680 battery cell, and this is reportedly being requested by BMW, according to the publication.
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LoL ……………. Of all countries .
Spoken like a true ignoramus.
It’s a big deal if its going to be made in Malaysia. That should open the door to a wider range of EVs to be built here.
will create pollution? Another lynas?
Lol, all factories create pollution.
Well well well.. how the turntables
Well done Malaysia! Indonesia bila lagi? Still trying to court an overhyped near bankrupt company to come and hoping they invest? LMAO!
Its good news if it does come to Malaysia but I believe our ministers will spend more time lepaking over teh tarik rather than spending serious time to draft out good proposals to lure in high end investors. Teh tarik is more important.
Teh tarik sessions are where businesses gets done. Parlimen is just for Opposition to swag their dongs and make a fool of themselves.
Tesla does not own the batteries. The EV battery plants for Tesla in the US belong to Panasonic. So Tesla cannot make EV batteries in Indonesia as they can only source from Panasonic in big qty and LG in small qty. They can assemble their cars in Indonesia but who want to buy Made in Indonesia with the same price as Made in the USA??? So there won’t be Tesla factory in Indonesia.