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Where's Tesla's secret sauce in this solution: the battery chemistry, the control circuits or well-engineered integration of the parts? How much a threat is co
by ballenf 8y ago
Where's Tesla's secret sauce in this solution: the battery chemistry, the control circuits or well-engineered integration of the parts?
How much a threat is constrained lithium supply to the business model?
- keltex 8y agoFYI this project wasn't built with Panasonic / Tesla / Gigafactory batteries. They were purchased from Samsung: https://cleantechnica.com/2017/09/30/tesla-using-samsung-sdi-battery-cells-129-mwh-south-australia-facility/ https://cleantechnica.com/2017/09/30/tesla-using-samsung-sdi...
- altcognito 8y agoWow, that's even more impressive in some ways. That was a huge gamble to rely on another company (though perhaps they already have a good relationship I'm not aware of) and it's great that the system was "easy" enough to build with different parts (though, again, perhaps they've always kept multiple vendors in mind)
- jgord 8y agoTesla's core innovation is that they don't give a fuck about nonsense opinions, they care about facts - science and engineering. Plenty of other viable technologies exist, we just need some rich science-aware people to help us roll them out.
- vosper 8y agoMaybe little more than big-time name recognition and a first-mover advantage (but I imagine there's some good engineering and a few patents in there, too). That worked long enough for IBM :)
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