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>Tesla's real advantage is their battery production Battery pack production. Tesla purchases batteries from Panasonic and LG (and thus is susceptible to that

>Tesla's real advantage is their battery production Battery pack production. Tesla purchases batteries from Panasonic and LG (and thus is susceptible to that supply).

soygul 7y ago
They also produce the cells (though it might be Panasonic's tech): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giga_Nevada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giga_Nevada > the production rate of battery cells in the Gigafactory had reached 3.5 million '2170' cells per day.
- mmaurizi 7y ago
  The gigafactory is a joint venture with Panasonic. There is literally a line on the floor that denotes the Tesla side and the Panasonic side.
AtlasBarfed 7y ago
Tesla will make their own cells soon.