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Battery cells are just a commodity EV makers can purchase- they don't need to be able to engineer them in house. There are a lot more parts on an ICE car that p
by _yb2s 2y ago
Battery cells are just a commodity EV makers can purchase- they don't need to be able to engineer them in house. There are a lot more parts on an ICE car that pretty much need to be engineered by the vehicle manufacturer.
- segasaturn 2y agoThey don't need to engineer them, but for example BYD's vertical integration with batteries has been their superpower. Tesla once upon a time (~circa 2013) talked about building battery manufacturing "gigafactories" all over America but I don't know what the status of that is.
- _yb2s 2y agoThat is likely increasingly less relevant as battery technology matures. Back in 2013 the situation was entirely different, and off the shelf cells were all designed for things like laptop computers.