Tesla's Texas Gigafactory has made its 10,000th Model Y SUV

Tesla has reached another manufacturing milestone. As caught by Electrek, the automaker shared on Saturday that its Texas Gigafactory recently produced its ten thousandth Model Y SUV. The achievement could be good news for those hoping to buy a Cybertruck next year. . Tesla plans to build the pickup primarily in Texas. The automaker originally planned to begin volume production in 2021, but later delayed the Cybertruck to 2022 and then 2023.

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According to multiple reports, one of the reasons why Tesla's next electric vehicle hasn't arrived yet is due to a bottleneck related to the company's next-generation 4680 battery cells. In 2020, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the technology would lead to electric vehicles that are cheaper than combustion engine cars. At this point, however, Tesla and battery partner Panasonic had yet to produce the cells at scale, and it wasn't until last June that they seemed ready for a production ramp-up.

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That's why the Model Y milestone is interesting. In April, Tesla began selling a new variant of the SUV that includes 4680 battery cells. It can travel 279 miles on a single charge and starts at $59,990. On Saturday, Tesla did not say how many new Standard Range AWD variants it has produced so far. However, Electrek estimates that the Texas Gigafactory currently manufactures more than 1,000 Model Y vehicles each week and that the plant is likely on track to begin manufacturing 2,000 units every seven days.

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