Do Tesla cars really have 6000 18650 batterys in the battery pack?

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@Don

From my (very fallible) memory the Chevy Volt uses even more 8192, I think. But its battery claims about a quarter of the Tesla's capacity so either my memory or the statements are wrong.

The Tesla pack claims 53kWh. A 3100mAh 18650 contains about (3.100A x 3.7V nominal) = 11.5Wh = a minimum of 4608 of them. If they are using lower capacity or a lower value for the nominal voltage (assuming 3.6V the number becomes 4750) the number of cells goes way up. Using 2000mAh cells at a nominal 3.6V means 7361 cells.

Not sure about the number of cells in the Chevy Volt, but I did read that they are only using 30%-80% of the batteries SOC, to increase cycle life. So they are only using 50% of the cells usable capacity...