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Also it isn't even their battery tech, right? It's Panasonic's.
by jamesgblaine 8y ago
Also it isn't even their battery tech, right? It's Panasonic's.
- kjksf 8y agoA mining company mines raw materials. Panasonic takes those and makes battery cells. Think AA battery. That part is done as a joint venture between Panasonic and Tesla which means Tesla contributes to the design e.g. Tesla employs people doing research into battery chemistry i.e. cell level R&D. (and so does Panasonic, to be clear). Tesla takes those battery cells and packages them into a battery modules, which they also design. That part is all Tesla. That description doesn't adequately describes how much technology and work goes into making battery modules. Cells are an important component but it's also inverters, multiple electronics boards, software to control it all. You can see e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNd-yJtRPhk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNd-yJtRPhk TL;DR: it would be grossly misleading to say that "battery tech is Panasonic". Battery cells are important but battery packs are designed and manufactured by Tesla.