He claimed that Model Ys are “revolutionary” for being built with only three major pieces. A front and back giant single-piece casting is joined by a structural battery pack. And the battery is the Tesla new 4680 battery cell creation.
At the end of his talk Musk explained that Tesla is officially delivering the first made-in-Texas Model Y vehicles on Thursday night. And he pointed to some Model Y’s on the stage as he announced it.
The CEO Model Ys are “revolutionary” for being built with only three major pieces: a front and back giant single piece casting joined together by a structural battery pack enabled by Tesla’s new 4680 battery cell.
Why Texas?
When a member of the audience called out “Why Austin?” And Musk said that they needed more space.
The South African serial entrepreneur is now ranked the world’s richest man. He founded Tesla in Silicon Valley in 2003 but shifted its global headquarters to Austin late last year.
In the past Musk has clashed with California regulators. And he was livid that Tesla’s Fremont plant was shut down at the height of the pandemic.
