Tesla's secret lab to develop in order to weaken the dependence on panasonic battery

According to foreign media reports, according to the five employees, tesla is studying their production method of the battery. It has a secret lab, are developed battery technology, in order to reduce the dependence on the panasonic.

the move may help tesla to provide cheaper than now, higher performance of the electric car, without having to pay to outside suppliers or partners, they don't have to share data and resources. According to market research firm IHS Markit, the battery is the main component of the electric car cost.

the company CEO elon - Musk ( Elon Musk) In the company's annual shareholders meeting in early June admitted that the company in the past has been & other; Battery limit & throughout; 。 This means that the shortage of battery limits the tesla electric vehicle and energy storage system ( Powerwall和电源组) The production and marketing.

to produce their own battery also accord with the overall goal of musk, as far as possible let tesla namely & other; Vertical integration & throughout; , which means the development, manufacture and sale of all it can do & ndash; — Even its own enterprise software.

but for a recently introduced a cost-cutting measures, are still working to perfect its mass production car companies, the high yield production batteries will be another challenge.

tesla's employees in the company is located in kato road factory & other Skunkworks laboratory & throughout; In some battery research. The laboratory distance tesla auto plant in fremont, California only a few minutes' walk away.

the factory is the tesla now production Model 3, the Model and the Model S X, and the battery is in Nevada sparks Gigafactory super factory, this is a factory owns and operate together with panasonic.

tesla's current and former employees said that tesla battery research and development team of employees is now engaged in the design and manufacture of advanced lithium-ion batteries, and new production equipment and technology, the production equipment and technology can produce a large number of battery to tesla.

familiar with battery supplier negotiations tesla staff said that the company is most likely to cooperate with panasonic and LG, let them for the Shanghai super plant's initial output of the Model 3 car batteries. The factory could start production, at the end of 2019 and in 2020 began to mass production.

in the company's annual meeting in June, musk invited chief technology officer of straw bale ( 巴顿施特劳贝尔说) And technology vice President drew Bagley ( 德鲁Baglino) Tesla's battery related to its shareholders on the stage.

musk encourage outside investors concerned about the two strategic tesla: how fast the company can provide fully automated driving cars, and the company & other; Expand the scale of battery production, reduce the cost per kilowatt hour & throughout; The plan. Tesla, he says, is not ready to & other; Disclose the relevant information & throughout; And will disclose more details by the end of 2019, including the completion of the acquisition of Maxwell's science and technology company in May.

tesla's chief technology officer of straw bale said: & other; Now, more than I thought we need a mass production of battery solutions. ”

bagley's added: & other; We cannot stand idly by. We are to take all necessary actions to control our own destiny, in both technology and other aspects. I want to, through cooperation with partners for many years of accumulated experience, we will eventually be able to put forward the solution to solve this problem. ”

in January this year, panasonic and Toyota have reached a cooperation agreement, through a controlled by Toyota's joint venture to produce car batteries. In early April, panasonic said it will be a temporary freeze on investments in tesla's factory.

a few days later, musk accused panasonic slowed Model 3 production speed, said they have in common the super factories, panasonic line GWh) Two-thirds of the. Writes the musk in microblogging site Twitter & other; Before the existing production line of GWh theory, tesla will not new cash to expand capacity. ”

in recent weeks, after tesla to job cuts and other cost cuts, panasonic in Nevada super factory employs more than tesla former employees, including technicians, supervisors, processes and systems engineers.

an unnamed tesla hr staff said, before a few years ago, from tesla is not as it is now common to panasonic. The person said, compensation, training system and more specific policies, especially how to earn and get vacation time, these factors have helped attract the tesla employees to its Japanese partners panasonic.

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