Tesla: panasonic battery can affect the output of Model 3 is in short supply

Dispatch of sina science and technology Beijing time on April 14th afternoon message, according to The website of science and technology The Verge, tesla said recently, panasonic battery supply is still The tesla electric car production & other Fundamental factors & throughout; 。

tesla said, the company can't from panasonic Nevada Gigafactory factory production line to obtain a sufficient number of battery, so can't keep up with the tesla requirements for production of automobile and home storage products. But tesla said at the same time, the two companies believe that factory existing equipment can be used to produce more cells.

the statement and tesla CEO elon & middot; Musk ( Elon Musk） In January 30, consistent with the speech on a conference call. He said at the time, tesla & other; Unable to obtain a sufficient number of battery & throughout; 。 Therefore, in order to meet the demand of Model 3 battery pack, had to give up some household energy production.

analysts said, although tesla experienced electric cars & other Throughout production & hell; And & other Shipping & logistics hell throughout; , but there is another problem affecting the success of the Model 3: namely, tesla's need for batteries, and how much the panasonic can provide.

the musk on Twitter on Saturday said: & other; Gigafactory panasonic battery production line since the month of the factory, has been limiting the production of Model 3. But before GWh existing battery production line, tesla will not pay for the expansion of the new production line. ”

according to the nikkei newspaper reported Friday, tesla and panasonic would freeze in order to improve the car battery factory capacity jointly run by the investment. According to the report, in 2020 tesla and panasonic planned before Gigafactory factory capacity by about 50%, but funding problems in forcing them to reconsider the plan.

tesla a spokesman says the two companies will continue to invest a lot of money to the factory, but the focus is to use the existing production line and facilities to increase production. Tesla was also said that the battery supply is still the bottleneck of the electric car production problem. ( Li Ming)