On September 22, the Tesla battery day, which has been postponed for five months, officially opened at the Tesla factory in California, USA. This Tesla battery day will be held together with the Tesla shareholders' meeting. For half a year ago, Tesla has been promoting battery day promotion, using extremely provocative words to tact the heartstrings of fans. But no one expected that this time, Tesla is going to be a big deal. Although Tesla has done a lot of work, consumers obviously don’t buy it. Tesla 's stock price fell, and its market value evaporated by nearly 160 billion yuan in a single day.
For a long time before the battery day, Tesla has been saying that it will launch a million-mile battery. As the name suggests, it has a service life of one million miles and can be recycled 100%. In addition, according to the description of Tesla , the manufacturing cost of this kind of battery is very low, and the energy density can refresh people's understanding of power batteries. Therefore, consumers and investment communities have high expectations for Tesla .
But on the battery day, Musk officially introduced to the world, its name is Wujier 4680 battery, its energy can be five times higher than the current battery cell capacity of Tesla , its range is 16%, its power is six times higher, and its manufacturing cost per kilowatt-hour will be reduced by 14%. Such data is indeed somewhat different from the previous introduction, which makes fans who had higher expectations exclaimed disappointment. Musk also said that this kind of battery can only be mass-produced in 2022 at the earliest, which is a very delayed vote.
As for the million-mile battery, Musk did not mention it at the meeting. The previous huge publicity made the battery day look extremely embarrassing. Some netizens said that Tesla 's behavior is simply a typical "drawing big cake". But whether it is disappointment or depressed, Tesla still has some technology on battery day. For example, technologies such as cobalt-free batteries are not as exciting as those of a million-mile battery, but they are definitely a major breakthrough in battery manufacturing.
On the battery day, Tesla also proposed an optimization solution for the performance of existing batteries, and will cooperate with CATL , LG Chem and Panasonic to increase the energy density of existing batteries. In addition, Tesla is also preparing to start purchasing and mining lithium ore by itself, preparing to produce its own batteries.
In addition to the battery, Tesla also released some news about specific models on battery day. First, the idea of integrated casting of the body that Tesla wanted to use before has now come up with a general solution. The engineer team of Tesla has found a metal material suitable for this manufacturing process, and will continue to try it in the future.
Second, Tesla 's high-performance model Model S PLAID officially started the pre-order process on the battery day. The pre-sale price in North America is US$134,000, and the price will definitely be quite high after being introduced to China. The 0-60-mile (about 96.56 km) acceleration time is less than 2 seconds, and the maximum speed is 200 mph (about 321.86 km/h), the car's extreme speed breaks the world record for the fastest electric car.
Third, Tesla will launch an entry-level model priced at around US$25,000 in the future. The price after being introduced in China is about RMB170,000. This model is expected to use the 4680 battery we mentioned earlier. If it is positioned as an ordinary family car, if it can be launched, it will inevitably have a certain impact on China's new energy vehicle models of the same level or even fuel models.
Finally, Musk took out an order data about the Tesla pickup truck Cybertruck. As of now, Tesla has received orders of up to 500,000 units from Cybertruck, and the estimated annual delivery volume of Tesla is 250,000 to 300,000 units. The authenticity of this data remains to be verified. No one can say whether it is Musk's routine bragging or the real thing. But even though Musk worked so hard, he still failed to stop the plunge of Tesla in the US stock market.It can be seen that the whole world is disappointed with the delay in Tesla 's vote.
