At "Battery Day", Tesla alluded to their plans to make their organization more vertically integrated: Lithium mining, battery production, and new vehicle design

At "Battery Day", Tesla alluded to their plans to make their organization more vertically integrated: Lithium mining, battery production, and new vehicle designs that incorporate their own cells directly into the vehicle structure [1]. It has been reported in the press that Tesla will (likely) move away from Panasonic as a vendor [2]. Panasonic probably sees this as a good reason to divest and focus on future customers. From [2]: > Tesla will continue buying batteries from longtime Japanese supplier Panasonic until at least 2022 despite the U.S. electric vehicle maker's plans to produce its own cheaper alternative. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6T9xIeZTds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6T9xIeZTds [2] https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Tesla-strikes-new-Panasonic-battery-deal-as-sales-and-shares-soar https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Tesla-strikes-ne...