4680 Battery Pack: What We Found Under the Foam!

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  • Опубліковано 26 лип 2022
  • Sandy and Cory give an update on the 4680 Battery Pack from our Austin-Built Tesla Model Y.
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  • @MunroLive
    @MunroLive  Рік тому +4

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  • @medawson01
    @medawson01 Рік тому +530

    I just love your videos, and I'm not an engineer. I'm just a 77 year-old grandmother waiting for my Tesla 3 RWD to be delivered this September. I'm so impressed with the Tesla technology. Can't wait for the next video!

    • @MunroLive
      @MunroLive  Рік тому +72

      Hi Marguerite! thanks for watching.

    • @johnreese3762
      @johnreese3762 Рік тому +26

      Smart lady!

    • @ShopKeepArty
      @ShopKeepArty Рік тому +15

      I camp in my tesla from time to time at great viewpoints then sketch/paint the views! It’s awesome 😎

    • @MrCarGuy
      @MrCarGuy Рік тому +1

      @@cathyjones4702 That's not exactly true

    • @JBoy340a
      @JBoy340a Рік тому +10

      Once you go EV, you will never go back. Especially a Tesla with it's easy, reliable, and fast charging.

  • @asimo3089
    @asimo3089 Рік тому +165

    Thanks for explaining how recycling works. A bunch of “engineers” in the comments thought you pick apart the battery piece by piece. It’s much easier than that.

    • @envisionelectronics
      @envisionelectronics Рік тому +15

      Those engineers work for the railroad.

    • @edman007x
      @edman007x Рік тому +18

      It's still a reduction in recycling, there are a lot of people that want to reuse the cells (reduce, REUSE, recycle), when the car has 300k on it and the pack is at 60% capacity you want to reuse the cells, they would still be good for a while as grid/home energy storage. Essentially, this foam seems like it makes reuse of the cells impossible.

    • @kentkjrgaardjensen4304
      @kentkjrgaardjensen4304 Рік тому +6

      I was just about to thank them for doing this. I didnt know it was that easy to recycle. My first though When i saw All the pink stuff was also that it Will be a nightmare to recycle. I really learned something important here ☺️

    • @rogerstarkey5390
      @rogerstarkey5390 Рік тому +5

      @@edman007x
      If you ever looked at the first patents for the structural pack you would already know the foam was going to be there.

    • @Xanthopteryx
      @Xanthopteryx Рік тому +15

      This clearly eliminates the most important part: Repairing and Refurbishing and then Reusing in other applications and lastly comes Recycling.
      And that bullshit about recycling with liquid nitrogen and all that, it does not work like that. It is not viable to do because of cost and complexity.

  • @MikeHeller
    @MikeHeller Рік тому +231

    Following along with the tear down, very interesting. I will note that liquid nitrogen is no where near absolute zero, it's −196 °C (− 320 °F, 77 K). That may be cold enough for this recycling process but if you really want closer to absolute zero you need liquid helium which is -269 °C (−452 °F, 4 K).

    • @Narcissist86
      @Narcissist86 Рік тому +38

      No one will be wasting helium to cool down batteries for recycling.

    • @KenLord
      @KenLord Рік тому +69

      ya, the details were off - the low temperature isn't so that the materials can shatter, the low temperature stops or greatly slows down the chemical reactions - so that crushing it doesn't just short everything out and cause a thermal runaway from the residual charges in the batteries.
      Every drop in temp by 10 degrees C, halves the chemical reaction rate.

    • @ParameterGrenze
      @ParameterGrenze Рік тому +37

      @@KenLord Actually, the low temperature of a liquid nitrogen bath is used to make composite materials brittle order to crush them. The cold temperature serves two main functions in order to brake complex artifacts apart: First the different expansion coefficients of each material breaks them apart at their contact surfaces because of different rates of contraction. Secondly, the cold temperature makes most amorphous polymers very brittle when a certain threshold temperature is reached, called the glas transition temperature tg. Most rubbery materials will become so brittle that a slight hammer stroke will pulverize them. So in the end, when you expose something like this battery pack to liquid nitrogen and than start hammering it I guess that pink polymer stuff will just pulverize immediately and the metallic components will fall apart into pieces that are made of aluminum, coper, steel aso

    • @KenLord
      @KenLord Рік тому +17

      @@ParameterGrenze ok cool ... BUT LITERALLY NO. It's about not causing a thermal runaway from shorting out the residual charges in the batteries. After that it's just a freaking jaw crusher, or multiple stages of commonplace crushing equipment chewing away at it all.
      You learn about how temperature affects reaction rates (Every 10 deg C cooler halves the rate) in high school chemistry, or at the latest in 100 level university chemistry.
      There's nothing inherently difficult about pulverizing the materials that would require that it be so cold to enable it to shatter. This stuff isn't Vibranium.
      The prototype liquid nitrogen system made by a startup company was shown off in a Now You Know episode a year or two ago, with the purpose of it all being exactly what I've described. I'd provide the link if I had it.

    • @stevenf1678
      @stevenf1678 Рік тому +6

      @@ParameterGrenze My understanding is that recycling tires involves freezing the tire with liquid nitrogen and crushing it to separate the metal belts from the rubber.

  • @Enemji
    @Enemji Рік тому +108

    This is a time when someone took Munro’s advise and pushed it so far that even Munro is feeling the shock

  • @johnpoldo8817
    @johnpoldo8817 Рік тому +80

    There must be thousands of engineers like me really enjoying these videos. Thank you Cory & Sandy!

    • @GuyFromGeorgia
      @GuyFromGeorgia Рік тому +4

      Well, I'm not an engineer but I sure enjoyed their seeming amazement at what they're trying to take apart. And hats off to Elon! He's upended the need for a patent. I mean, if someone can't break down your contraption to figure out how it works, why get a patent?

    • @michaelnoble2432
      @michaelnoble2432 Рік тому +1

      And even more engineers (like me) who wince at the clueless statements such as the claim that liquid nitrogen is "just a little bit above absolute zero".

    • @jamesdaniel947
      @jamesdaniel947 11 місяців тому

      Well, I am not a professional engineer, although I played one in Transportation and Environmental Protection for state government. I have been taking things apart to see how they worked since I was a child. Sometimes I had to get my very smart father to help me get it back together again, but I was learning. I get the feeling that these guys (and many who watch them) had a similar background before they went to college in engineering.

  • @farzyness
    @farzyness Рік тому +28

    Shoutout to Cory looking FIT! Also thank you as always gentlemen for your hard work!

    • @MunroLive
      @MunroLive  Рік тому +20

      Thanks Farzad! Cory is down 40lbs.

    • @eclecticcyclist
      @eclecticcyclist Рік тому +4

      @@MunroLive The key is reducing refined carbohydrate intake.

    • @farzyness
      @farzyness Рік тому +3

      @@MunroLive good for him! Nebraska might need his help this year to get to 12-0.

    • @1Jbeats
      @1Jbeats Рік тому +1

      Sandy's fat jokes finally got to him. :(

    • @ProbeGT2
      @ProbeGT2 Рік тому +2

      He's reduced his consumption of threaded fatteners 😅

  • @NarutoUzamaki070
    @NarutoUzamaki070 Рік тому +3

    You guys are awesome! Its amazing to see the 4680 pack like that. Cant wait for more MUNRO LIVE!

  • @dan92677
    @dan92677 Рік тому

    Excellent !!! I really enjoy the way that you all tell us EVERYTHING, not just the recap. Keep it up. Super product that you're producing !!!

  • @MajorMinorGolf
    @MajorMinorGolf Рік тому +121

    Hahaha the total miss of Talladega Knights reference is peak Sandy. Don't ever start feeling lucky btw Sandy, glad you guys always play it safe!

    • @KCJbomberFTW
      @KCJbomberFTW Рік тому +1

      Nights

    • @KCJbomberFTW
      @KCJbomberFTW Рік тому +2

      Actually Knights makes more sense with that movie honestly

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy Рік тому +4

      You’ve now made me want a medieval version of Talladega Nights but instead of NASCAR it’s jousting.

    • @KCJbomberFTW
      @KCJbomberFTW Рік тому +2

      @@snazzy Alabama Jousting with a gay Frenchman 🤣

    • @MajorMinorGolf
      @MajorMinorGolf Рік тому +2

      @@KCJbomberFTW oh my goodness, no kidding you have informed me that it's Nights lol and yeah! That's exactly why I thought it was Knights, two courageous Knights lol

  • @jimbob3823
    @jimbob3823 Рік тому +3

    Bloody fascinating!! Thank you for sharing the knowledge, you are an awesome group of experts and your videos are groundbreaking!

  • @10melvis
    @10melvis Рік тому +7

    Thank you for these informative tear down videos. Learn something new every time.

  • @allenrout
    @allenrout Рік тому +52

    Liquid Nitrogen is -196C. 80 degrees higher than absolute zero. And ... atoms don't "fall apart" if they get too cold. I know chilling the packs for grinding is a useful tactic; but that hurt to hear.

    • @Muonium1
      @Muonium1 Рік тому +6

      I cringed a bit. also, don't they have an FTIR for plastic ID??

    • @RotorWorks
      @RotorWorks Рік тому

      Maybe discharge to zero and grind them down in a normal crusher plant?

    • @williamvaughan1218
      @williamvaughan1218 Рік тому +4

      Cooling it down makes I brittle therefore better for grinding to a powder.

    • @paul_vlad
      @paul_vlad Рік тому +6

      Surprised at this knowledge gap. Very cringy indeed.

    • @scottgaree7667
      @scottgaree7667 Рік тому +3

      @@RotorWorks Batteries coming in for recycling stand a good chance of being damaged, so discharging might not be possible. Freezing does greatly limit the potential discharge rate, so avoids the thermal event with visual indications.

  • @yunque30gmail
    @yunque30gmail Рік тому +3

    Woohoo, great job guys!
    We all thank you!

  • @dukequack6209
    @dukequack6209 Рік тому +26

    Its good to see Cory growing into his own and taking the lead more and more, especially highlighted when Sandy was away and he was the main driver of these video reports.
    Side note: The structural pack sure is intense.

  • @BexieBoy
    @BexieBoy Рік тому

    Big thanks to the team at Munro for delivering these high quality and educational videos. I do not understand most of it but still find these comparisons incredibly fascinating

  • @smashICE1
    @smashICE1 Рік тому

    Awesome, thanks for showing us what's going on in the battery pack. You guys rock!

  • @airheart1
    @airheart1 Рік тому +25

    Sounds like Sandy needs a Talladega night! Movie night at Munro! Lol

  • @MorganWalser
    @MorganWalser Рік тому +3

    You guys are amazing. Thank you for all this information which you put out there, truly appreciate it.

  • @Fatum0722
    @Fatum0722 Рік тому

    Munro rock, no one ever could imagination what is inside without You guys, Big thanks for sharing !

  • @glen8449
    @glen8449 Рік тому +1

    Another great video. I enjoy watching you and your team break things down and explain the working parts. Thank you, Glen.

  • @MrBadgas
    @MrBadgas Рік тому +18

    Another great episode of “Engineering Archeology”. Dig it.

    • @JBoy340a
      @JBoy340a Рік тому +1

      Or "what the heck does that do?"

    • @MrBadgas
      @MrBadgas Рік тому

      @@JBoy340a “it sucks in air”…..”that’s definitely suck’n

  • @Stefan_Dahn
    @Stefan_Dahn Рік тому +3

    0:10 Blasted away with dry ice, like I suggested.👍 You're welcome.😁
    Greetings from Stefan in Germany. 🇩🇪🤝🇺🇲
    Thanks from the great video again! 👌

    • @MunroLive
      @MunroLive  Рік тому +1

      Thanks for the tip!

    • @Stefan_Dahn
      @Stefan_Dahn Рік тому +1

      @@MunroLiveI can feel the hard "archealogical" work you are going through. I'm glad my tiny hint helped you a bit. Keep going Munro team! 👍👍

  • @DIZZYDAZZLER2011
    @DIZZYDAZZLER2011 Рік тому +1

    I really do love this gentleman's explanation on how to recycle this battery once its dead, learn something new everyday. Thumbs up!!

  • @sryev9410
    @sryev9410 Рік тому

    Incredible work guys, despite the hard work sweat and tears this is a huge world first and you are uncovering all this engineering for amateurs and professionals alike

  • @beauhause
    @beauhause Рік тому +8

    Great content guys. Appreciate you doing these tear downs, always learn something. What do I do with my hands!

    • @MunroLive
      @MunroLive  Рік тому +1

      Thanks for watching Beau!

  • @ick5353
    @ick5353 Рік тому +6

    Thank you for sharing the insights you glean from your hard work with your audience for free!
    LOL! Love the Rocky Bobby reference at the end!

    • @skipondowntheroad5833
      @skipondowntheroad5833 Рік тому

      Rocky Bobby? Is that the boxing brother of Ricky Bobby?

    • @ick5353
      @ick5353 Рік тому

      @@skipondowntheroad5833 LOL meant to type Ricky.

  • @kirbysadventures8000
    @kirbysadventures8000 Рік тому +2

    So happy sandy explained the recycling process.

  • @Huddit
    @Huddit Рік тому +4

    Great job guys!

  • @inelonwetrust9169
    @inelonwetrust9169 Рік тому +5

    Thanks for these tear downs. Always fascinating seeing things that the normal folks never would see. The engineering involved is 🤯!

  • @johncandelario294
    @johncandelario294 Рік тому +2

    Love the series , like the objective talk and love how your business is no pivoting to this vehicles and hope it’s thriving !

  • @thezs5
    @thezs5 Рік тому

    Thanks guys! Keeping tearing this puppy apart!!! Love your videos!

  • @LanceT.
    @LanceT. Рік тому +3

    It's really interesting to see how they put it together!

  • @tianjohan4633
    @tianjohan4633 Рік тому +62

    You guys rock hard. Keep picking at the pack and sharing.

    • @JB-dv7ew
      @JB-dv7ew Рік тому

      Yes I'm rock hard from this.

  • @melissahildreth3526
    @melissahildreth3526 Рік тому +1

    Another fantastic, and informative video! Thank you, guys!

  • @caesarforlife1663
    @caesarforlife1663 Рік тому

    Cool walk through once again. Thanks guys!!

  • @NextGenEvs
    @NextGenEvs Рік тому +32

    You should make a dedicated video explaining the recycling process. Would be great to have an easily shareable video to address the huge misconceptions going around. Sandy’s explanation was fantastic

    • @KDR816
      @KDR816 Рік тому +1

      How would they know? They are not recycling specialists. We have only the Elon's twit about it so far

    • @Jushwa
      @Jushwa Рік тому +3

      Oh they just bury the pack in the ground that’s it

    • @anonym3017
      @anonym3017 Рік тому

      Here’s how VW does it.
      ua-cam.com/video/LABwwX960mk/v-deo.html
      Shredder instead of grinder, no LN, cyclotron instead of floating separation the rest is the same.

    • @anonym3017
      @anonym3017 Рік тому +1

      @@Jushwa yeah let’s just burry a few grand worth of raw materials in the ground.

    • @KenLord
      @KenLord Рік тому +2

      A small startup prototyped the liquid nitrogen system a few years ago. The temperature isn't dropped to make the materials shatter more easily ... it's dropped to stop or greatly reduce the chemical reaction rate, so that crushing and tearing apart the battery doesn't cause a thermal runaway from the residual charges.
      Every 10 degrees C drop in temperature halves the chemical reaction rate.
      So it simply won't be necessary to manually disassemble each pack and module bolt by bolt, the way some are doing right now.
      Floatation cells have been used in the mills at base metal mines for probably a hundred years. Crushed ore goes in, high grade concentrate comes out. Chemicals in the slurry control how different materials float to the top in the floatation cells at each stage of the circuit, to separate different materials.

  • @Teddy_M85
    @Teddy_M85 Рік тому +3

    Shake and Bake!!! Great work @Munrolive keep the videos coming... As a MYP owner, my only gripe besides QC and Service is the amount of plastics in the interior. I get that threaded fasteners should be eliminated when possible but I've had quite a few plastic fasteners break with normal usage. I can't imagine long term durability. Car is a joy to own though and on the plus side the plastic parts are easy to replace. No car is perfect and I'm sure durability will continue to increase as more data comes in.

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 Рік тому +1

      Apparently , TESLA is Launching F1 race style Service PITTS .
      to shorten wait times.

  • @cathyjones4702
    @cathyjones4702 Рік тому

    Thanks for answering the recycling question! Super fascinating

  • @aware2action
    @aware2action Рік тому +2

    Wonderful as always. Glad the cells are intact(payoff from lots of patience and persistence with lots of restraint. Kudos to the Munro team). Now Munro gets to baptize the term for bricking the unbrickable into the English vocabulary.
    Suspect there are reserve cells and also
    some kind of one time fuse technology to add them later. Seems like a good mitigation technique to address premature loss of capacity in the first generation 4680 cells.

  • @emagotis
    @emagotis Рік тому +21

    So exiting to see what you found

  • @BenefitOfTheDoubtInquiry
    @BenefitOfTheDoubtInquiry Рік тому +6

    The incremental teardown over the last few weeks is suspense intense. I'm loving and hate the pace here lol

  • @claudiomarinangeli2360
    @claudiomarinangeli2360 Рік тому +2

    Great content as usual, Sandy and team. Can’t wait to know more.

  • @normangebhardt2092
    @normangebhardt2092 Рік тому +1

    Thanks Sandy and Cory for this battery pack update. Looking forward to the next video.

  • @alexpocs8649
    @alexpocs8649 Рік тому +7

    Thanks for all your hard work, it is very educational.

  • @phxees
    @phxees Рік тому +15

    Thanks for addressing recycling!

    • @BillyLapTop
      @BillyLapTop Рік тому +2

      I like the liquid nitrogen hypothesis. It seems to conform to Elon's approach for simplicity.

    • @turbinex_generators
      @turbinex_generators 5 місяців тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/_Chif5XdNlc/v-deo.html

  • @noobcaekk
    @noobcaekk Рік тому +1

    HAHAHA The Ricky Bobby reference at the end and Sandy's reaction were gold. Great video, super excited for the future of this teardown!

  • @FutureSystem738
    @FutureSystem738 Рік тому

    Thanks gentlemen- fabulous stuff, as usual!

  • @nicks-fix
    @nicks-fix Рік тому +16

    The “bee’s nest” looks like the collector output for the individual abs base caps for each of the cells. The gas from an over charged cell needs to go somewhere.

  • @144Donn
    @144Donn Рік тому +15

    I am sure Tesla Engineers are watching this and having a very satisfying chuckle as the the pride wells up in them for having stumped Sandy and co.

  • @jbarvideo12
    @jbarvideo12 Рік тому

    Fabulous inervies Sandy and Cory. Can't wait for your next episode.

  • @LegendaryInfortainment
    @LegendaryInfortainment Рік тому

    Thank all of you for that report (so far). I never expected my assumption of recycling strategy to be even nearly correct. Back to the show!

  • @PikaPilot
    @PikaPilot Рік тому +3

    thank you for addressing the recycling concerns! I found it very annoying how much people were confusing service-ability with recycling-ability. Keep up the fascinating work!

    • @TheFPSPower
      @TheFPSPower Рік тому +2

      It's still a concern because it's Reduce> Reuse > Recycle and Tesla is straight up deleting the Reuse possibility, you can't scavenge good modules to put in another car that needs it, if a few cells fail this whole thing needs to be replaced for a stupid amount of money.

    • @PikaPilot
      @PikaPilot Рік тому +2

      @@TheFPSPower the whole point of having so many cells is that some can fail while the rest of the pack can carry on. by the time the battery pack is unfit for use, there is nothing of interest that can be reused, and the sheer amount of nickel within these packs means that it is more productive to recycle than reuse.
      keep in mind, it takes some seriously good engineering to design something that is used so thoroughly that by the time it is at the end of its lifespan, there is nothing to reuse.

    • @anonym3017
      @anonym3017 Рік тому +2

      @@TheFPSPower yeah only exchanging one module in a Tesla battery isn’t a viable solution anyway as the BMS is unable to balance new and old leading to another module biting the dust quickly.
      And it can still be used in stationary energy storage if the pack works.

  • @SmartMart1658
    @SmartMart1658 Рік тому +3

    Great work guys!

  • @RParmable
    @RParmable Рік тому +1

    Just received my Tesla 3 RWD . It’s a total thrill to drive. The acceleration is next to none. It feels amazing to be part of the transformation to clean and sustainable energy. Im as happy as a kid at Christmas 🎄

    • @stefan2796
      @stefan2796 9 місяців тому

      Where was the electricity which you use, generated? Most Tesla's drive on coal or nuclear energy...

  • @techiheed1845
    @techiheed1845 Рік тому

    Ace presentation, makes me smile and interested further. Great work!

  • @GlentonMe
    @GlentonMe Рік тому +4

    Really appreciate the the step by step break down of how you would recycle this battery pack.

  • @wideawaketotruth5301
    @wideawaketotruth5301 Рік тому +3

    Munro, always treasure trove of solid information! Who knew?-threaded fasteners?

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 Рік тому +1

      the FUD Muck-e has brackets holding up more Brackets.
      Muck-e is litterally SCREWED and HOSED.

  • @jaydeister9305
    @jaydeister9305 Рік тому

    Great report! Seeing vehicles being dissembled is very educational, especially the electric genre!

  • @20thcenturyboy85
    @20thcenturyboy85 Рік тому

    SUPER COOL Video! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! -FASCINATING!!!!

  • @Clark-Mills
    @Clark-Mills Рік тому +18

    This is an early structural pack, the four modules have been shown in the Tesla promo videos so no surprise there. Tesla said that this is essentially a generation-1 pack that just gets the job done. There is a ton of space for the product to evolve; and evolve it will. I look forward to the pack teardown in a year and two. :)

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 Рік тому +2

      TESLA innovates at LIGHTSPEED.

    • @WarezCommentary
      @WarezCommentary Рік тому +2

      @@markplott4820 how many fanboys here ...

    • @themonsterunderyourbed9408
      @themonsterunderyourbed9408 Рік тому

      ​@@WarezCommentary Regardless of fanboy status, it's the objective truth. Every other manufacturer is still using pouch cells 😂

  • @stephenmcgauley
    @stephenmcgauley Рік тому +5

    Someone block 90 minutes on Sandy’s calendar for him to watch Talladega Nights lol

  • @davidbrubaker5146
    @davidbrubaker5146 Рік тому

    We share your excitement of discovery and I look forward to every one of these videos.

  • @amitrana6489
    @amitrana6489 Рік тому

    Thanks for the Hard Work. Keep Posting Videos Like these. Love to hear it from the GOAT himself

  • @karmakh
    @karmakh Рік тому +12

    Finally another episode on the 4680! Keep it up!

  • @AndyKopac
    @AndyKopac Рік тому +3

    The foam part reminds me of boator surfboard composite construction techniques.

  • @jarrodcrano6772
    @jarrodcrano6772 Рік тому

    Thanks guys 👍👏

  • @647ohyeah
    @647ohyeah Рік тому

    I love what you do. Thanks for sharing.

  • @PaulMcElroyWasHere
    @PaulMcElroyWasHere Рік тому +43

    Can you guys at Munro find the vendor for the foam and ask what their take on this is? I'm guessing they have a specialty solvent that will ignore the other plastics. Reuse > Recycle > Waste

    • @Barskor1
      @Barskor1 Рік тому +10

      Or you just use the whole damned thing and plug it into a new battery storage system.

    • @stevenson720
      @stevenson720 Рік тому +8

      @@Barskor1 yep, after a car then it's house storage, milk whatever is left that way. Only need to grind it up when it's totally gone.

    • @_PatrickO
      @_PatrickO Рік тому +12

      @@stevenson720 No. It is into the grinder for recycling. Recycling the minerals reduces the cost of new packs. "reuse" in the slogan "reduce, reuse, and recycle" is there just because most things cannot be recycled to make it seem like you are helping when you aren't. The low volume of people reusing EV packs is absolutely meaningless. Recycling 100% of packs is the real deal. This is what we need to close the loop. Once peak minerals are reached in the recycling loop, new mining is greatly reduced. Reuse for silly one off projects prevents recycling. Tesla will eventually hit people with a massive core charge if they keep their old packs because recycling is necessary to keep costs down and reduce pollution.

    • @Barskor1
      @Barskor1 Рік тому +4

      @@stevenson720 Indeed simple and practical.

    • @Barskor1
      @Barskor1 Рік тому +7

      @@_PatrickO That is end-of-life processing till then there is plenty of capacity in a EV battery.

  • @tangent2658
    @tangent2658 Рік тому +13

    Have you tested the thermal dissipation qualities of the pink foam?

  • @dougk5456
    @dougk5456 Рік тому

    Great reveal!! It will be interesting to see how other manufacturers make their battery packs.

  • @B_224
    @B_224 Рік тому

    Great to see Sandy!

  • @arcadiushakim3675
    @arcadiushakim3675 Рік тому +81

    Cory, Sandy and team Great video. Interesting comment from Sandy, 'Telsa does not have a limit on their capacity to invent' This permanent foam approach, a person can never do maintenance on this type of battery pack, means Telsa has lots of faith it will have extremely low failure rate.

    • @rogerstarkey5390
      @rogerstarkey5390 Рік тому +19

      Not to mention (to all the "but service" commenters) but if it's under warranty and fails, you get a complete new pack, *WINNER*
      If it hasn't failed by then, it's likely to last much longer.

    • @_PatrickO
      @_PatrickO Рік тому

      It also means ultium is a joke. It is designed for serviceability because GM has zero faith in their batteries. The companies that cut corners to reduce warranty risks will have less efficient cars that cannot compete. Tesla can probably recycle an entire pack to base minerals for less cost than a single in warranty cell replacement on an ultium pack.

    • @normanbayona4636
      @normanbayona4636 Рік тому +11

      @@rogerstarkey5390 yeah, this makes sense. Also, if you remember from the earlier videos from when they dropped the structural pack, it was among the simplest to remove from the rest of the car Munroe has torn down, iirc anyway. Meaning that once these are manufactured at scale, this is going to be a relatively simple procedure, decades from now when you finally do want to replace your battery because the rest of your car held up for 400K miles. And it will probably be cheaper and more energy dense by then as well.

    • @andrewholdaway813
      @andrewholdaway813 Рік тому +3

      Capacity to correct their errors and restart the learning curve for manufacturing.

    • @DavidJohnson-tv2nn
      @DavidJohnson-tv2nn Рік тому +3

      @@rogerstarkey5390 What do you say to people buying a used vehicle outside of warranty? Too bad, go buy a new battery?

  • @LosZonga
    @LosZonga Рік тому +34

    Sandy & Cory at the Tesla event you could see the exploded version of the battery pack with the inter cell side cooling channels. At such bigger volume for individual cells, it makes sense to cool the biggest surface and that is the side of it for sure. I bet the foam is thermal insulator, sound proofing against the road noise, structural rigidity improvement and fire retardant. It is a genius design and amassing innovation of what a structural battery pack, never attempted before, should be.

    • @patreekotime4578
      @patreekotime4578 Рік тому +2

      Yep. But there were many people who doubted that would actually go into the product. Bottom plate cooling was reiterated again and again by just about every Tesla channel after Battery Day so that it became the common consensus. Interesting, Lucid IS doing it, but Tesla isnt.

    • @areitu
      @areitu Рік тому +2

      It'll be very interesting to see how the cooling channels are arranged and why Tesla is sticking with side-cooling. Cylindrical don't heat up evenly--they generate heat from the inside out, bottom to top, which is why pack designs like Lucid's, use end-cooling. Tesla might be using side-cooling due to manufacturing considerations or due to them building one big battery pack rather than a series of modules inside a pack

    • @carholic-sz3qv
      @carholic-sz3qv Рік тому

      You mean a battery pack that is essentially just something to throw away after the use in the car right!? Because there is absolutely no way that thing can be reused for other applications after the car life! That’s a disaster

    • @patreekotime4578
      @patreekotime4578 Рік тому +2

      @@carholic-sz3qv Yes it absolutely can and will. Stable storage is a MUCH more pressing demand than overpriced conversions.

  • @AnthonyCelata
    @AnthonyCelata Рік тому +1

    thanks Munro team!

  • @erickessler6094
    @erickessler6094 Рік тому +2

    Thanks!

  • @yangwang7289
    @yangwang7289 Рік тому +7

    First of all, great video breaking apart the different components! One thing I am wondering is the composition of the pinkish foam. Is it fire proof? How it’s helping cooling the battery? It must be some kind of high efficiency thermal-conducting material right?

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 Рік тому +7

      YES, fire retardent foam , extingushes fire , creates protective barrier so adjacent cells dont catch fire also acts as a Insualtor .
      does not help cool the battery , acts as Insulation , like a ice chest.
      the Active cooling come from the Ribbons filled w/ non flamable Coolant.

  • @joeclutchless1944
    @joeclutchless1944 Рік тому +19

    Looks like the 800 dollar price tag for one cell might turn into a money losing proposition for Munro! This pack is going to take hundreds of hours to take apart.

  • @Big.Ron1
    @Big.Ron1 Рік тому

    This is all very interesting. Its amazing what Tesla is doing. And to think its all completely recyclable. Very cool. Thank you.

  • @ag135i
    @ag135i Рік тому +1

    Thanks for the informative video.

  • @bradh7472
    @bradh7472 Рік тому +3

    Guy's its always great to see you all digging into the weeds to figure this stuff out!! Love it and subscribed. Also shows how well designed the Tesla is compared to everyone else. You guys have taken apart the cars and now the batteries to show just how well designed these machines just are. Good luck everyone else. The media makes it sound so easy that others are going to be competing with Tesla. Yeah, they can have an electric car, but is it worth a sh!t?

    • @michaelbullard8015
      @michaelbullard8015 Рік тому +2

      I love Teslas, but don't discount the other guys. Loads of intelligent engineers working all over, all collectively learning from each others' designs and past failures.
      Just hold off on the first or possibly second generation of anything.

  • @BlackBuck777
    @BlackBuck777 Рік тому +3

    I recall when working with LN2 in a lab in my youth we froze bananas, balloons and other foodstuffs and regularly played "catch" - oops, dropped it! - breaks into a thousand pieces. Great fun. (Not quite "molecules falling apart" as Sandy thinks though.) Notably, left to unfreeze, everything turns to a yucky mush, particularly bananas.
    I think Sandy might be on the right track but also hope Tesla will have thought carefully about how they will make the recycle process work, "at the end of the day". That battery pack is clearly designed to deter anyone from being nosey too. Regarding Elon's comment (8:11) I have said for decades that folk should buy shares in landfill sites - there's a rich materials resource just waiting to be used.

  • @jimgraham6722
    @jimgraham6722 4 дні тому

    Thanks Sandy and co. The 4860s are cells. All connected together they constitute a battery, in this case 204S4P 800V (nominal) traction battery

  • @tlow5766
    @tlow5766 Рік тому

    Great insights. Thanks a lot!!!

  • @tedthompson9379
    @tedthompson9379 Рік тому +5

    That top layer of insulating material looks like G10 Glastic material. Used in electrical applications like switchgear and motors.

    • @alphabuilders
      @alphabuilders Рік тому

      Looks more like natural nylon to me (no dye added). The dry ice blasting has given it a bit of a matt texture but still not as matt as g10. Also g10 is an order more expensive than nylon, it cant be injection moulded and has to be machined for shapes like the one we see, which would further increase the cost and slow down production (injection moulding=good for high volume production). Not to mention its weight penalty over nylon.

  • @AquanautSt1
    @AquanautSt1 Рік тому +4

    The future looks awesome ! Thanks Monro & Team !

  • @benjaminheindl1069
    @benjaminheindl1069 Рік тому

    Cool video. Thanks for explaining the recycling process, really interesting 👌

  • @lesbendo6363
    @lesbendo6363 Рік тому

    Great video, thank you!

  • @thomasgaudette7367
    @thomasgaudette7367 Рік тому +13

    Flat wire is sometimes used to reduce inductance. Not sure if it applies here.
    It's also often used for high current connections by ultrasonic wedge bonding.

    • @mattgraham4340
      @mattgraham4340 Рік тому +4

      I wouldn't expect inductance to be an issue for DC, but perhaps the inverter draws current from the battery pack in high frequency pulses. I would think that a flat wire also has superior heatsinking potential.

    • @Paxmax
      @Paxmax Рік тому +1

      @@mattgraham4340

    • @jgramsey
      @jgramsey Рік тому

      They are fusable links and flat ribbon wire is used rather than traditional round wire since it provides a better wire to substrate bond. The flat wide surface of the wire works well with the wedge tool bonding 'head'.

    • @danlewis243
      @danlewis243 Рік тому

      Another example, internal welder connections. I would guess also easy to spot weld flat wire. Looks like from what can be seen none of the battery cases are inverted as a way to series the 4680 voltages. Excited to see when they get the rest of the top cover off as to how everything is connected

    • @scottgaree7667
      @scottgaree7667 Рік тому

      @@danlewis243 The batteries have positive and negative on one end, so no need to invert any. This is fairly common in the industry for exactly that reason. The entire bottom, sides, and part of the top are all anode.

  • @texasgreentea1
    @texasgreentea1 Рік тому +134

    This battery feels like a slap in the face to the DIY recycling community. Every Tesla that has crashed after 2-10 years so far has had the batteries removed and re-used in another vehicle. But now it's not possible for a regular shop to remove the batteries.

    • @Teboski78
      @Teboski78 Рік тому +10

      Dissolve the polyurethane & they can maybe rip the cells out but yeah you’re kinda right

    • @ledsalesoz
      @ledsalesoz Рік тому +46

      Yes, Tesla has eliminated the "reuse" from the mantra, reduce, reuse, recycle. That isn't a step forward, except for Tesla.

    • @JJayzX
      @JJayzX Рік тому +47

      The pack also seems to have parts that could go bad and could be replaced but now you gotta replace the whole pack. It's wasteful overall and more money on the consumer.

    • @kylenolan2710
      @kylenolan2710 Рік тому +8

      @@JJayzX, so you engineer the failure rates to near zero.

    • @JJayzX
      @JJayzX Рік тому +22

      @@kylenolan2710 lol, that isn't realistic. Just not how things work in the real world.

  • @thdjjfsfh
    @thdjjfsfh Рік тому

    Gold! gold! Such good info.

  • @htsyami
    @htsyami Рік тому +36

    As a mechanical engineer and Tesla investor these videos are like Christmas for me. Keep up the great work guys!

    • @Frank_W.
      @Frank_W. Рік тому

      As a Tesla fan and investor I can’t wait to see the technology that will come out with the Cybertruck which I’m a reservation holder. I’m hanging on Elon’s words indicating that it might just be Tesla’s best product.

    • @chrisE815
      @chrisE815 Рік тому +1

      Maybe you should sell your stock because this design sucks!

    • @dexio85
      @dexio85 Рік тому

      LOL, stop rubbing your dick mate.

  • @victorescobar7437
    @victorescobar7437 Рік тому +16

    I think that the thickness of the cans and the amount of adhesion was just a precaution for 4680. Once they are more confident I can see them optimizing the structure and gaining density.

    • @victorescobar7437
      @victorescobar7437 Рік тому +1

      Also they might be compensating for the material used for the canister. Using a different formula for the canister now that the batteries are structural might save money and weight. This is me just guessing, I’m not an expert by any stretch.

  • @scottprather5645
    @scottprather5645 Рік тому +1

    Glad to hear about the recyclability of these packs and of course is essential for sustainability of the technology going forward into the new and strange modern world we live in

  • @michaelplotkin7383
    @michaelplotkin7383 Рік тому

    Great video, thank you.

  • @Pikminiman
    @Pikminiman Рік тому +3

    The dry-ice blaster is badass.

  • @barboist
    @barboist Рік тому +4

    with this amount of foam, this battery pack should insulate noise and vibration coming from underside something like rolls royce level.

    • @Cloxxki
      @Cloxxki Рік тому

      But it's a small piece of floor only. And bolted to the chassis.

  • @lampiditesla
    @lampiditesla Рік тому

    Great picture of the recycling process

  • @gridcoregilry666
    @gridcoregilry666 Рік тому

    REALLY COOL!!! love your expertise!

  • @chuckboyle8456
    @chuckboyle8456 Рік тому +8

    Very informative battery unit autopsy, thanks! The process improvements methodology at Tesla must be amazing. They are so agile with seamless design change integration it is truly impressive. Sandy, your team is most innovative! Carry on.