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Thw whole strategy assumes that battery cost will drop significantly (more than 2x): http://green.autoblog.com/2012/02/21/battery-cost-dropping-below-200-per-k

Thw whole strategy assumes that battery cost will drop significantly (more than 2x): http://green.autoblog.com/2012/02/21/battery-cost-dropping-below-200-per-kwh-soon-says-teslas-elon/ http://green.autoblog.com/2012/02/21/battery-cost-dropping-b... Which may happen, but AFAIK Tesla isn't involved in that kind of research.

saraid216 14y ago
I'd imagine it's only a matter of time before Tesla gets involved in it... but for now Musk is on record saying that the current state of battery technology is sufficient, so it doesn't make sense for them to invest in R&D on that front until they have some surplus.