So, basically the same thing they did with Maxwell, buy the company, transfer the patents and IP for dry electrode to Tesla, and then sell the company back to the original owners for a bargain. This time they probably got some wireless charging IP and a few really sharp engineers in the deal. Very smart, IMO. Tesla really doesn't need another company to manage, especially if most of their product isn't in the automotive or robotics fields.
If the Chinese government wants BYD to dominate, profit likely doesn't really matter. China has a long, storied history of heavily subsidizing and then dumping goods into economies hence all the tariffs and anti-dumping duties etc on a range of Chinese products in various countries
Elon bought them for their oven mitt technology. His next social media campaign is all about women in the kitchen
Quality is another consideration. I think Tesla will buy as many cells as possible that are suitable for their products and quality expectations.
Capster I think implied that Tesla will have thought about it. The point is that they maybe be able to offset ~ 20% of the lost profits this way assuming that batteries is the Megapack long pole.
I suspect it's much more likely something like laser sintering as @TN Mtn Man said... probably something similar to the process SpaceX uses for 3D printing their SuperDraco engines.
"Fused filament printing is now the most popular process (by number of machines) for hobbyist-grade 3D printing. Other techniques such as photopolymerisation and powder sintering may offer better results, but they are much more costly."Note: The term "FDM" is trademarked; other manufacturors use the term "FFF".
Because Tesla only buys quality cells that they have qualified as meeting their specs. For example, they don't want any of the crappy LG pouch cells that are likely to burst into flames.
200-300 nukes-worth* of power each year? Whhooof! Sooner or later (sooner, that is), that adds up to a dramatically large number, both in terms of realized production and realized diminution of fossil-fuel consumption.apparently we are going to need a lot of both stationary & mobile storage (like my CT that will be both!)
This _should_ help TE as general populace realizes it (?? 3 years to add a Terawatt ! of PV ??)
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.......solar entrepreneur Danny Kennedy at Climate Week in New York City, who told him,(McKibben) “The planet is now adding a gigawatt a day of solar power. A nuclear plant’s worth every day of solar power.” About half of that total is being added in China and far outdistancing the increase in its fossil fuel plants. The U.S. is second, followed by Brazil and India......
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Bill McKibben, Pope Francis, & The Warmest September - CleanTechnica
Bill McKibben is spreading the word that September, 2023 was crazy hot and that the time to save our planet is critically short.cleantechnica.com
20M would source about 24K Model Y at 830 cells per pack. Keep on doubling!
