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> There is a genuine revolution underway being enabled by plummeting costs of producing lithium-ion batteries at scale. I guess that is another story he sells.
by legolas2412 8y ago
> There is a genuine revolution underway being enabled by plummeting costs of producing lithium-ion batteries at scale.
I guess that is another story he sells. Why are Samsung and LG also able to make cheap batteries, even though they don't have a gigafactory?
Too much hype. Tesla doesn't even make battery cells, they buy them off panasonic.
- durkie 8y agoOne of the nuances that gets lost when talking about battery costs is the difference between cell-level (individual 18650 / 2170 li-ion cells) costs and pack-level (the assembled collection of thousands of those cells) costs. Both costs are expressed as $/kilowatt-hour but comparing them is comparing apples to apple pie. Samsung, LG and Panasonic specialize in producing individual cells and don't do a lot of EV pack-level assembly. I think LG does pack assembly for the Chevy Bolt, but that car isn't produced in very large quantities and has a stated cell cost of $145/kwh. There are hints that Tesla can producing entire packs at a comparable cost/kwh, if not less.