RE: The Great Monchegorsk Development Agency for a green revolution31 Jan 2021 12:04
Don’t know if anyone has seen this but the great pgm shortage has commenced BIG. :-)
Battery shortage restricting Tesla’s van output
Tesla is experiencing a shortage of battery cells which is preventing the company from scaling up production, according to CEO Elon Musk.
Regarding electric vans, Musk commented: "The main reason we have not accelerated new products like the Tesla Semi is that we simply don't have enough cells built. We could easily go into the production of the Semi, but we don't have enough cells for it right now,"
The Tesla Semi is expected to use five times the number of cells that a car would use, resulting in the company focusing on producing cars at this moment in time.
Tesla is calling on its battery producers to increase battery cell production, with Musk commenting “we've been very clear with our cell suppliers, whether it be CATL or Panasonic or LG that we will take as many batteries as they can produce,"