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This seems to imply that the factory would be unable to switch its operations to new battery types, which I find somewhat unlikely.
by nkozyra 13y ago
This seems to imply that the factory would be unable to switch its operations to new battery types, which I find somewhat unlikely.
- jacquesm 13y agoAgreed, battery manufacture is bulk chemistry. A plant typically consists of a number of recyclable elements and a bunch that are specific to the technology employed. If there would be a game-changing advance in battery technology and the economics would work out in favour of deprecating those parts of the plant that are specific to the current process then I'm sure Elon Musk is capable of doing the math. And given that's he's not exactly stupid to begin with my guess would be that he's ahead of some random comment on the internet by some significant number of brain cycles, 5 billion $ cap-ex projects are usually not planned and executed without a great deal of fore-thought.