ZenRockGarden
Active Member
Upon what do you base that statement? Curious. Tesla is claiming 16% bump with those new cells.
16% more capacity by weight-of-the-pack. The new structural pack is not the same size nor weight of the existing one, so it's meaningless to multiple existing range * 1.16
Also that 16% included weight savings from front and rear mega-casts, half of which has already been put in place.
Finally, remember that "range" is an artificial construct in these cars. Model Y LR has a (recently updated) 82 KWH pack, but roughly 75 KWH of it is used to hit the range number with a hidden reserve at both ends for longevity and safety (and ability to still have close-to-new-range for life of the car). 4680's will likely ship with a wider safety margin initially, so the real wins from the pack may be a bit of weight savings, longer pack lifetime (way out in the hundreds of k miles) and maybe quicker charging in some conditions. 16% more range is NOT gonna just happen (and is not needed by Tesla right now as they have a massive backlog for the cars with no added range at all)