Delusional
Well-known member
- First Name
- Phil
- Joined
- Dec 5, 2019
- Threads
- 11
- Messages
- 199
- Reaction score
- 313
- Location
- Pittsburgh
- Vehicles
- F-150
- Occupation
- Construction
- Thread starter
- #1
To me the two biggest questions always were....
1. How thick is the stainless? And that turned out to be a third less than expected.
2. What battery chemistry is it? I really don't have an answer to that. I know the range turned out to be about a third less than expected, but why?
On that battery day a couple years ago they definitely mentioned that they would be putting "high capacity" 4680 cells into the cybertruck, and that means a chemistry that includes cobalt.
But if they are using an iron chemistry, that would explain the shorter range.
Personally, i would prefer Iron because that means thousands of charge cycles, and much reduced fire risk. I suppose the dry anode would reduce fire risk. Ideally, you would order the chemistry of your choosing, with at least two choices.
Maybe this information is out there somewhere, but I have seen zero mentions of actual delivered battery chemistry. I don't even know for sure if they are using the dry-coat anodes and cathodes.
What is up with that?
My guess: They can do the dry anodes with the more stable Iron chemistry but are still having problems with higher capacity chemistries.
1. How thick is the stainless? And that turned out to be a third less than expected.
2. What battery chemistry is it? I really don't have an answer to that. I know the range turned out to be about a third less than expected, but why?
On that battery day a couple years ago they definitely mentioned that they would be putting "high capacity" 4680 cells into the cybertruck, and that means a chemistry that includes cobalt.
But if they are using an iron chemistry, that would explain the shorter range.
Personally, i would prefer Iron because that means thousands of charge cycles, and much reduced fire risk. I suppose the dry anode would reduce fire risk. Ideally, you would order the chemistry of your choosing, with at least two choices.
Maybe this information is out there somewhere, but I have seen zero mentions of actual delivered battery chemistry. I don't even know for sure if they are using the dry-coat anodes and cathodes.
What is up with that?
My guess: They can do the dry anodes with the more stable Iron chemistry but are still having problems with higher capacity chemistries.
Sponsored
Last edited:
