Tesla has achieved a major milestone with the production of 4,000 cars in a week at its Gigafactory Texas. This puts the factory on par with its counterpart in Germany, Gigafactory Berlin, which recently achieved a production rate of 5,000 Model Y vehicles per week.
The two factories have been engaged in a friendly competition to ramp up production, with Tesla aiming for 5,000 units per week as the goal. While Gigafactory Berlin has already achieved this, Gigafactory Texas is still lagging behind.
The primary difference between the two factories is that some of the vehicles produced at Gigafactory Texas are equipped with Tesla’s 4680 battery cells, which enable the new “structural battery pack” chassis design. Unfortunately, Tesla has had issues ramping up production of these cells, which is believed to be impacting production at the factory. To compensate, Tesla has been producing some Model Y vehicles with 2170 battery cells as it does at other factories.
Despite the challenges, the new production rate is bringing Tesla closer to its goal of having a capacity for 2 million vehicles annually this year. With both factories now producing at high rates, Tesla is well on its way to achieving this goal.
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