edatoakrun
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Current pack production is by handicraft, and early model 3 production likely to be biased toward larger (~74 kWh) packs, according to gigareport below.
http://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-3-battery-pack-216m-model-3-battery-production-line-gigafactory-1/Tesla Invest $216 Million Into Model 3 Battery Line At Gigafactory
...According to our source, the first battery modules for Model 3 test vehicles are being hand-built by a team 150 employees over a 24 hour shift. The source tells Teslarati via Teslanomics (video below) that it takes approximately 10 minutes to complete 1 section of a battery module with 2 employees moving 2170 lithium ion battery cells from a box and into the battery module. There are a total of 7 sections in each battery module. The manual production has been taking place for “several months now” according to our source, who says Tesla is currently building approximately 20 Model 3 battery modules per day by hand...
According to our source, the base Model 3, as of now, will start at 60kWh. This capacity comes in higher than what we originally expected and will meet the “at least 215 miles” of range that Tesla had first announced for the vehicle. Tesla is reportedly concentrating on the production of the premium battery at first, which is slated to be 74kWh, and likely badged as a Tesla Model 3 75...