{"id":140474,"date":"2022-06-12T18:23:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T23:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/tesla-model-y-with-new-4680-cells-shows-impressive-potential-for-faster-charging"},"modified":"2022-06-12T18:23:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T23:23:00","slug":"tesla-model-y-with-new-4680-cells-shows-impressive-potential-for-faster-charging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/tesla-model-y-with-new-4680-cells-shows-impressive-potential-for-faster-charging","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Model Y with new 4680 cells shows impressive potential for faster charging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V3XcLjxxR8o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Early experiences with the new Tesla Model Y with 4,680 cells and a structural battery pack are showing some impressive potential for faster charging and better energy density.<\/p>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2022\/04\/08\/tesla-delivered-first-made-in-texas-model-y-but-being-vague-new-version\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tesla delivered its first made-in-Texas Model Y vehicles<\/a>, we noted that it was strange that Tesla didn\u2019t reveal any details \u2013 like specs and pricing \u2013 about the new version of the electric SUV.<\/p>\n<p>We learned a little more over the next few weeks. The new <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2022\/04\/12\/tesla-launches-model-y-standard-range-employees-specs-price-upgrades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Texas-built Model Y Standard starts at $59,990<\/a>, has a range of 279 miles, goes 0\u201360 mph acceleration in five seconds, and is equipped with a few new features, including a magnetic center console armrest and a parcel shelf. But we are more interested in the impact of the new battery cell and structural battery pack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early experiences with the new Tesla Model Y with 4,680 cells and a structural battery pack are showing some impressive potential for faster charging and better energy density. When Tesla delivered its first made-in-Texas Model Y vehicles, we noted that it was strange that Tesla didn\u2019t reveal any details \u2013 like specs and pricing \u2013 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497,17,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-sustainability","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}