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		hef19898 on Feb 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of ... Isn't Tesla getting batteries from Panasonic? because I had the impression tesla has now a scale advantage.

soygul on Feb 17, 2020 [–]

Gigafactor is also producing the battery cells (though it might be Panasonic's tech) as well as the packs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giga_Nevada

> the production rate of battery cells in the Gigafactory had reached 3.5 million '2170' cells per day.

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