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Re: Which Battery to Buy?

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Originally Posted by EricH View Post
Except for one thing.

Tesla's focus is going to be on making batteries for Tesla vehicles, or I miss my guess. Not a general "let's make lithium batteries" plant.

Now, I'm not going to rule out them getting some of the technology down and releasing it under patent or what-have-you and someone else building a "let's make lithium batteries" plant, but that'll probably be about 5-10 years after it opens at the shortest, 17-20 years more likely.

That said, I know nothing about what Tesla's internal workings are and even less about making a lithium battery. So I could be totally off the mark.
I agree. Tesla wants to make batteries primarily for it's own vehicles. However, I am sure that they will devote a small portion of their factory to produce consumer-grade batteries with it's own technology.