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Re:Tencent buys 5% of Tesla by olivermarks on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @01:10PM (#13978420)
I thought panasonic was their white label battery supplier/partner?
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Re:Tencent buys 5% of Tesla by sah2ed on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @01:25PM (#13978577)
Yes, but even they can't keep up with the projected demand for batteries which is why Tesla is building out its own factory [1] in partnership with Panasonic [2] to manufacture batteries.

[1] https://www.tesla.com/gigafactory

[2] https://www.tesla.com/blog/panasonic-and-tesla-sign-agreemen...

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