Jyunjoo Jin has been hearing some interesting whispers in Korea about Tesla’s orders with LG Chem. Apparently Tesla is ordering a shit ton of cells. So many, that LG Chem will have to spool up new production lines in South Korea to complement the existing production in Nanjing, China. South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd plans […]
We’ve known for some time that Tesla is working on a million mile battery. But with a newly revealed patent filing from Tesla, we’re now getting more details on how exactly Tesla will pull this off: Tesla submitted the patent for “Dioxazolones and Nitrile Sulfites as Electrolyte Additives for Lithium-Ion Batteries” in August 2018. The […]
Carmen Reinicke has an interesting story today over at Markets Insider. I’ll start with the headline: One of Tesla’s fiercest bears admits the company has an enormous leg up on competitors when it comes to battery production (TSLA) Markets Insider An enormous leg up on competitors you say? When did you realize this? Sometime between […]
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The first Porsche Taycan test cars have started appearing at Electrify America charging stations across the country… and pricing is not looking pretty. By doing some simple math on the above image, you can see that Volkswagen charges about $1.50 / kWh making a fast charging stop almost as expensive as filling gas. By contrast […]
This is big. Tesla Inc. has reached a preliminary agreement to start using CATL as a battery supplier for cars made in China from as early as next year, and the companies are in talks to expand the relationship globally, according to people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg Globally, you say? Interesting… does that mean we could start […]
On Twitter a couple of hours ago, Elon Musk confirmed that the all new Plaid drivetrain Model S & Model X will feature a battery bigger than 100 kWh. At the Tesla annual shareholder meeting earlier this year Elon noted that you could buy a Tesla with up to 370 miles of range, and also […]
