Teasing a significant reveal22 Sep 2020 00:32
Elon Musk
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Important note about Tesla Battery Day unveil tomorrow. This affects long-term production, especially Semi, Cybertruck & Roadster, but what we announce will not reach serious high-volume production until 2022.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
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We intend to increase, not reduce battery cell purchases from Panasonic, LG & CATL (possibly other partners too). However, even with our cell suppliers going at maximum speed, we still foresee significant shortages in 2022 & beyond unless we also take action ourselves.
"The main component of batteries is nickel itself."
"Michael Beck, President of Regent Advisors, a financial advisory firm, states that a Tesla Model 3 contains about 30 kilograms of nickel"
https://www.somagnews.com/elon-musk-thinks-nickel-is-the-new-gold-heres-why/
Hopefully something to do with what Anglo have been working on, fingers crossed -
https://www.angloamericanplatinum.com/media/press-releases/2019/15-07-2019?fbclid=IwAR3vXG8WpfZMIIEDMvGSlDbMHGuRcnab6WjcUsVya3ddNZIrJlUe9WQZzYs
"Lion Battery project successful with Li-sulphur next gen battery design using 8-10g Pd as cathode layer to 500 cycles (Target 1,000+) with 4x energy density vs Li-ion."
4x energy density, that is a vast improvement!
The quickest way to scale this battery tech, would be through a company like Tesla.
GLA