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> How is it that tesla expanded their cell manufacturing in 2023 in California They didn't, they built it in Reno.
by coryrc 8mo ago
> How is it that tesla expanded their cell manufacturing in 2023 in California
They didn't, they built it in Reno.
- cogman10 8mo agohttps://electrek.co/2023/06/09/tesla-snaps-new-location-fremont-to-expand-4680-battery-cell-production-report/ https://electrek.co/2023/06/09/tesla-snaps-new-location-frem...
- coryrc 8mo agoThanks for posting. It says "The facility will support production of Tesla’s 4680 battery cell technology" (emphasis mine) So they may be doing simpler portions of manufacturing. The article didn't claim you couldn't build any part of a battery without grandfathering.
- zdp7 8mo agoThe website is garbage. Bad guy anti manufacturing California put out a grant to build impossible to build lithium battery cell manufacturing capacity in California. https://www.grants.ca.gov/grants/gfo-24-304-california-battery-pilot-manufacturing-line/ https://www.grants.ca.gov/grants/gfo-24-304-california-batte...
- coryrc 8mo agoThat grant is only for nonprofits and only for "pilot manufacturing and testing", not useful mass manufacturing.
- zdp7 8mo agoIt is a battery cell manufacturing line and with the intent to facilitate providing research resources to California battery business. Considering the claim was that you couldn't make lithium batteries in CA, having a new manufacturing line shows that's incorrect. It also shows the state sees it as a need. I haven't seen anyone provide any info showing it isn't possible.