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Is Elon Musk Back In “Production Hell” With Tesla’s 4680 Battery?

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Internal crash testing of our structural pack architecture with a single-piece front casting has been successful. Stamped grid plates on top will bring power back to terminals. The same process might ease battery recycling and grid-storage solutions.

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Behind the Wheel, Under the Hood of World’s First 500-Mile EV

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(Tesla hopes to open its first greenfield car factory in Austin by year end.) Step on the accelerator, and the 1,111-horsepower Lucid sprints ahead like the cartoon Roadrunner, leaving most internal-combustion cars looking like hapless Wile E. That would reduce internal resistance, and that's a valuable step forward.

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