The most recent go to to the Tesla Giga Austin plant in Texas brings an particularly attention-grabbing sight of greater than 100 Mannequin Y parked in entrance of the manufacturing facility.

Jeff Roberts, who shared the pictures, mentioned that these are manufacturing automobiles prepared for transport.

As we will see, virtually all the automobiles are coated (some are within the strategy of being coated). We guess that these is likely to be buyer automobiles, envisioned for deliveries as quickly as the corporate obtains the ultimate certification for the Made-in-Texas Mannequin Y.

The wheels, not less than on among the automobiles, seem like the 19″ Gemini Wheels, related to the Mannequin Y Lengthy Vary AWD model. 21″ Überturbine Wheels would point out the Efficiency model – a few of these had been just lately seen leaving the plant.

It is anticipated that the following video flyover will give us a greater view of the fleet and whether or not there will probably be a gradual stream of recent models.

The video, recorded on February 16 by Joe Tegtmeyer (under), additionally reveals one thing very attention-grabbing – the 4680 battery manufacturing space on the third flooring.

The 4680 battery cells are the important thing differentiation between the Made-in-Texas and Made-in-California automobiles (outfitted with 2170-type cylindrical cells).

The producer didn’t reveal the specs or costs of the brand new Mannequin Y from Austin. As a result of the 4680-type cells are imagined to be extra energy-dense and less expensive, there’s a large probability for greater vary, greater energy, faster charging, and many others.

There may be additionally a second choice – the specs would be the identical (on paper), because the 4680-type battery pack will probably be merely smaller and lighter. On this situation, Tesla would mainly enhance its margins to new document ranges.