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Tesla Model 3 & Model Y Will Get “Universal” Battery Pack “Soon”

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Published on July 21st, 2020 |

by Zachary Shahan

Tesla Model 3 & Model Y Will Get “Universal” Battery Pack “Soon”

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July 21st, 2020 by Zachary Shahan

In addition to some notes about the Tesla Semi battery and the Tesla Semi pilot production line “coming along,” we also learned this week that the Model 3 and Model Y packs will soon be “universal” — the same for both of them. I actually thought they were the same already (I guess I just assumed that), but it appears they have been somewhat different so far. It seems that the differences come down to manufacturing improvements Tesla (and/or Panasonic) has made for the Model Y batteries.

However, this only relates to US-built vehicles at the moment. The Model Y battery manufacturing improvements will be passed on to production of Model 3 batteries, presumably as Tesla is able to update the production lines, but none of this applies to the LFP batteries from CATL that the Model 3 that is made in Shanghai, China, uses.

One final note from that tweet indicates the heat pump that is in the Model Y will eventually be put into the Model 3 as well, as many people presumed would happen (but others did not). That will make heating up the Model 3 a bit more efficient (not that I personally need help with that in Southwest Florida).

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Zach has long-term investments in Tesla [TSLA] — after years of covering solar and EVs, he simply has a lot of faith in this company and feels like it is a good cleantech company to invest in. But he does not offer (explicitly or implicitly) investment advice of any sort on Tesla or any other company.

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