Sandy Munro Dishes on 4680, Cybertruck, & the Competition 

That was refreshingly concise. Thank you both!

Nice interview. Ty Sandy. It's pretty neat to see how Tesla is developing new battery technology and other manufacturers are also developing new form factors. I'm just guessing, it feels like Tesla is the whole reason so much RnD is being done towards energy storage and mediums. The rate of development is very promising.

Keep up the short and sweet promos. Sandy is always great content!

A great guest and episode, well done Brian!

Sandy is a good guy

thank you both

Good job on this interview with Sandy... Great questions, and you actually stopped to LISTEN to his answers without interrupting him! Nicely done.

"Sandy, I appreciate you coming on and sharing ALL that you know..." Now that would be an interesting, but very long, video. 😃

The voltage of a battery depends on the chemistry of the battery itself, in other words, it depends on the pair of anode and cathode materials.

Thanks for Sandy's review of the Sakuu battery. Need many more details, like regarding the internal resistance, as well as thermal management, energy density and cyclelife vs. C-rate of discharge/charge and temperature.

Sakuu does a dry process too with its batteries.

Sandy’s always astoundingly good value!

VERY good explanation!!! ✨

Great episode.

Awesome interview Brian, the Highlander😊

Sandy, my AAA 1200 MAH batteries have the same voltage as my D Cell batteries 10,000 MAH. Voltage is the same, but not the power! 😅 Though you should know! 😅

So if it is roll to roll manufacturing, the sakuu battery is revolutionary. But cost to manufacture is always the kicker in new tech

Oh yea this is a game changer! I saw Sandy’s other more detailed video on the Sakuu battery and it’s amazing! This also provides better recycling functionality.

Cheers guys

I was hoping Sandy had a thought on Tesla moving to 48 volts on more vehicles. < Speaking of weight savings. I think the "Juniper" Y might be a good opportunity for 48v and drive by wire, but I have a feeling Tesla is so busy with so many other projects that the next Y will likely be only refreshed as much as the "Highland" 3. I also understand that the price point is as important as anything for the Y, but they do have to sell in a more competitive market in 2025 and beyond so I'd expect even more than the 3 "refresh" gave us.

GREAT VIDEO💪❤

We love both Sandy and Brian

Buffalo sandy knows a whole lot of stuff!

Make a Cybertruck that limits towing to 6,000 pounds.

Great stuff.

Great questions and very interesting answers. Great video!

all the benefits Sandy stated about that new batt sound too good to be true. I'll believe it when I see it

🙋‍♂️THANKS BRIAN FOR FINALLY SHARING THIS ONE ☝️ AND WE ALREADY WATCHED SANDY’s TOUR 🤯💚💚💚

Brian, if you want to do a deep dive on this, you can check out the Budd wheel company out of Detroit well out of Philadelphia. I was a non-degree engineer at Budd wheel for years and we invented the gluing metal parts together and we gave away everything to the big three and others just to get their contracts, if you ever have the time just start looking in the Budd wheel, you’d be amazed, your buddy the Highlander😊

What does Sandy think the CT will cost to manufacture at full scale?

Elon has stated they can use any kind of battery in their cars. Perhaps they could buy or license the tech of this new battery. I just wish they had access to the new CATL batteries in early testing and production.

Brian. You've made it! The crapto spambots have discovered your page.

CATL has 18,000 people working in R&D, 250 of those have Phd's.

wonder how long does the plastic pouch last before it degrades?

i wish you had asked about all that empty room in the pack! maybe a long range trim in the future? also im excited about those new pouch batteries, but how long to market? and in teslas?

Tesla now offera a 50 mile additional range via Software Update for model y rwd owners. (1000$)

What will that square battery mean for the structural battery pack design?

Hi Brain. A possible question for Sandy could be, what changes tesla would have to do to make the Cybertruck road legal in Europe. This in regards to pedestrian safety which by itself is utterly ridiculous since any tesla alarms you if you get near one. See you on X! Greetings from Belgium!

🤯🤯🤯

It looks like an interesting battery, but I still haven't heard much specs. Can they mass produce it? Can they make a battery pack for for example a Tesla model 3?

When I saw Sandy's video on this new battery I was so excited! It's a revolutionary change and a huge game changer. I hope Tesla adopts it.

No big battery needed wow saku 👍

Sakuu how many cycles does it last? We're up to 2500 to 3000 on normal batteries.

The zoom in on the face is crazy.

The Sakuu w/o metal looks impossible to cool. Is there really so little resistance?

BRIAN,I DON’T THINK 🤔 SANDY BEGAN TO TELL YOU “all he knows “ BECAUSE HE KNOWS ALOT 😁💚💚💚

Hey, AZA10 did not work, only got the 5% discount on my order😥

These new batteries that he’s talking about - maybe I missed it, but will they work in a structural pack?

Sakko chemistry seems very stable hopfully the density is better than 4680. I think tesla will just make their cells taller or hopfully switch to square lfp cells for cheaper vehicles. We need usa based LFP. Their LFP vehicles have basically the same range as their 2170 cars. We need cheaper options that qualify for thw tax credits.

Get Sandy to comment on the current state of FSD and speculated on Robotaxi maybe.

So will tesla keep doing 4680 or will they shift to this new tech? 🤔

im just waiting for some consumer gear to use these batteries. less batteries = less fuss.

The Sakuu pouch battery still uses Lithium no?

"Disses" not "Dishes"!

Why won't Elon use Sandy's favorite battery tech?

I believe in the mission... but no longer the man

I only have a small saku

cybertruck+sakuu= ?

Cylindrical cells NEVER made sense for vehicles. Tesla only used them because that was the only thing available when they started building cars ... making all their processes, mfg equipment, and designs dependant on cylindrical cells. Change is hard, eventually they will switch.

Intro guitar and “ohhs” are way too loud compared to the voice level. ❤

A few things come at me, did Sandy actually mean anodize because anodize is an anodic coating and does not typically conduct? Alodine is a chemical conversion coating and is so thin the metals still conduct which could cause a galvanic response. Second, can the new flat battery double as a structural battery pack as the 4680 cylindrical canister does (dual use)? Last, what is up with Sandy’s body language. He seems to have lost his jubilance and fanboy attitude. Did he get a Ross Gerber type smackdown from someone at Tesla? He publicly stated he thinks vision is not enough for FSD. I believe he said something about inferred heat sensors awhile back.

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What about the Tesla “graphene” battery?

The usual list of "IMPOSSIBLE" comments from those who haven't actually LOOKED for any more information? . You can find MORE information, of ANY type, MORE easily than ever before. JUST USE THE TOOLS PROVIDED INSTEAD OF ASKING BASIC QUESTIONS OR DISMISSING SOMETHING OUT OF HAND!!? . smh²

Coming from a Detroit "engineer" that designed cars in the 70's & 80's that rusted out in a year or two and then he blamed management for the Japanese invasion that ensued!

Sure Increase the battery capacity with magic over the air What?

Two more normal windshield wipers would be a nice update for the CT IMO.

I hate to be pedantic. (I'm lying, I love to be pedantic. I am the Pedant's pedant.) If you google "Diss" vs "Dish" you will find that "diss" is disrespect (which is what I think you meant to say) and "dish" means to prepare and serve up. I'll show myself out.

But what's the caveat? Disadvantage of this battery...

Sandy has ozembic face. That appears to be how He lost weight.

Tesla hasn’t been making batteries a long time. They have had partners that make their batteries. Tesla bought a company with the dry anode and cathode process, took the patents for it and sold the company off. Tesla itself has only made 4680’s and it’s been battery hell.

Fit and finish on the cybertruck is pathetic.

Sorry but, Tesla is not the end all be all in automotive tech.

Love Sandy, but he is not always accurate with batteries. I doubt this battery will come out at a less expensive price than current batteries. I am not real smart on batteries, but I have seen at least 5 companies come out with breakthrough tech and nothing has come 3 to 5 years later. We will see!!

Would any sane person spend their hard earned (?) money buying a Cybertruck well IMO no !

Saku for the win!!!

Wait, isn’t Sandy Munro the gentleman that raved about the CyberTruck? Dude, it’s a total piece of crap vehicle… Zero respect for Sandy, none. I purchased a Model 3 thanks to his excited reviews but boy was it a lemon. So thankful to get out from under it… Thanks for spewing lies and pumping my Tesla stock, I funded my retirement from it, but dude is clearly compromised.