Texas-made Tesla Model Y 4680 battery charges from 0 to 97 percent in less than an hour.

Saturday, July 2, 2022 | Chimniii Desk

A charging session for a Texas-built Tesla Model Y with 4680 battery cells took 52 minutes to complete from 0% to 97 %.

Ryan Levenson of The Kilowatts, a proponent of Tesla who owns many electric vehicles that he rents out on Turo, just acquired possession of a Dual Motor Model Y produced in Texas. The car has the business's much anticipated 4680 battery cells, just like a Texas-based Model Y that the disassembly company Munro & Associates bought.

He actually drove the Texas-built Model Y until its battery indicated that car had no more miles to go, as the Tesla owner remarked on Twitter. Social media posts claimed that the car went three miles beyond its "0 mile" mark with no apparent change in acceleration.

Levenson anticipated having to wait a little while in the car while the battery charged after plugging into a Supercharger V3 station. The Texas-built crossover's battery was plugged in at 12:25 a.m. with 0 miles of range left and was unplugged at 1:17 a.m. with 270 miles of range. The Dual Motor Model Y from Texas is rated with a range of 279 miles per charge on a full battery, it should be mentioned.

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Particularly when you consider that the vehicle began its charging session while it was technically "empty," charging from 0% to 97% in 52 minutes is pretty outstanding. The Texas-made Model Y's charging curve is particularly interesting, according to later posts by Levenson, who also noticed that the rate of charge immediately increased to 250 kW when the vehicle was put in. In contrast to earlier Tesla models, which typically see a more methodical climb to 250 kW, this is rather different.

It appears that Tesla's 4680-equipped electric cars have some capabilities and advantages that are not publicly mentioned by the business, since the Texas-built Model Y appeared to encounter no limits despite travelling 0 miles and was able to recharge nearly all of its battery pack in less than an hour.

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At its Battery Day presentation in 2020, Tesla made a point to emphasise that its next-generation cells might open the door to enormous production efficiencies, weight reductions, and increased power. When compared to the 2170 cells used in the Model Y made at the Fremont Factory and Gigafactory Berlin, the 4680 cells used in the Model Y really offer some advantages, although Tesla has been fairly mum about them ever since.

Levenson believes that 4680-equipped automobiles have a lot more to offer than what Tesla would now imply based on the recent success of his Texas-made Model Y. The EV supporter acknowledged that there is undoubtedly still a lot to learn about Tesla's vehicles in a message to Teslarati.

"Rather than providing me with answers, gathering this data has raised more questions for me. For instance, why wasn't my acceleration limited when I was almost out of fuel and why wasn't my regenerative braking limited even when the pack was full? It seems to be saying that there is a significant aspect of the 4680 pack that we are still unaware of or uninformed about. It's wishful thinking, maybe, but it could suggest that these new Austin-built Dual Motor Model Ys have more capacity than Tesla is currently indicating or allowing us access to.