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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tesla Inc (O:) opened a manufacturing unit to supply battery manufacturing gear within the Canadian metropolis of Markham, Ontario, town mentioned on Friday, as the electrical carmaker ramps up the manufacturing of cheaper, higher-range 4680 battery cells.
In 2019, the U.S. electrical carmaker acquired Canada-based Hibar, which manufactures pumps utilized in fast-speed battery meeting that Tesla is introducing for its new 4680 cells.
“I am delighted to share that Tesla Canada is becoming a member of our already sturdy automotive and expertise ecosystem by finding a producing facility within the Metropolis of Markham,” town mayor Frank Scarpitti mentioned on Twitter (NYSE:).
“The ability would be the first branded Tesla Canada manufacturing facility in Canada and can produce state-of-the-art manufacturing gear for use on the Gigafactories situated world wide within the manufacturing of batteries.”
Metropolis official Bryan Frois advised Reuters the Markham facility opened this summer time, marking an enlargement of one other website in neighboring Richmond Hill.
Tesla didn’t instantly touch upon the mayor’s tweet. Final yr, Tesla senior vice chairman Andrew Baglino mentioned on the Battery Day occasion that its “vertical integration” with Hibar and others would enable them to construct batteries quicker and scale up manufacturing of its 4680 battery cells.
Baglino mentioned final month that Tesla will begin delivering its first automobiles with 4680 batteries early subsequent yr, however added that “this can be a new structure and unknown unknowns could exist nonetheless.”
Tesla presently builds the 4680 cells at its pilot manufacturing unit in California and plans to start out their manufacturing at its upcoming factories in Texas and Berlin.
(This story formally corrects to say metropolis official clarifies that the plant has already opened, not plans to open.)
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