ClaimsElon Musk

“But we are installing capacity for -- in 2022 for 200 gigawatt hours a year”

Elon Musk, CEO, on Tesla earnings call 27 January 2021 Tesla Q4 2020 Earnings Call Transcript (Motley Fool) archived copy

Promise Their own work or organisation

Tesla is installing 200 gigawatt-hours a year of battery cell capacity in 2022.

Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.

Promise: Commitments to the person's or organisation's own future action, with something to deliver: was it delivered?

The second judge would not resolve this claim; the verdict shown is the first judge's.

Said for an organisation they lead or work for; it counts on both records.

What would count as true or false

True: during or by the end of 2022, Tesla installed its own in-house battery cell production capacity of about 200 GWh a year, meaning equipment installed with that nameplate rate even if not yet producing at that rate. Allow about ±10% (180 GWh or more). Mostly true: installed capacity was somewhat below that but at least about 160 GWh. Mostly false: installed capacity was well short (roughly 50 to 160 GWh), or about 200 GWh was installed only after 2022. False: installed in-house cell capacity at the end of 2022 was a small fraction of 200 GWh a year (under about 50 GWh), as shown by Tesla's own reports or dated analyses.

Set before the research began.

Evidence (3)

  1. E1 Tesla Q4 and full year 2022 earnings call – Full transcript Elon Musk Archive · 25 January 2023 Own record

    “Regarding batteries, production rate of 4,680 cells reached 1,000 cars a week at the end of last year. And we're increasing capacity for 4,680 cells by another 100 gigawatt hours as announced at Giga Nevada yesterday.”
  2. E2 Tesla Q4 and full year 2022 earnings call – Full transcript Elon Musk Archive · 25 January 2023 Own record

    “As far as where we stand in Texas, one of four lines are in production with the remaining three in stages of commissioning and install.”
  3. E3 Tesla confirms 4680 battery cell production is now enough for 1,000 cars a week Electrek · 25 December 2022

    “Tesla has confirmed that its 4680 battery cell production has now reached a level that can support the production of over 1,000 cars a week.”

Reasoning

The evidence gives a 4680 production rate supporting over 1,000 cars a week (E1, E3) and says one of four Texas lines was in production (E2), but no item states Tesla's installed in-house cell capacity at the end of 2022. The criteria depend on that installed figure, so the evidence cannot place the claim in a verdict band.

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Elon Musk, “Tesla is installing 200 gigawatt-hours a year of battery cell capacity in 2022.” (said 27 January 2021). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_6c41369982b1, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_6c41369982b1

This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.

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