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Re:Tesla's giant battery saved $40M during its first year, r... by mlindner on Thursday December 06, 2018 @06:39PM (#18623644)
That isn't really true. The cells are not standard cells. They have their protection removed to give them more volume and also the blend of electrolytes used is also proprietary.
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Re:Tesla's giant battery saved $40M during its first year, r... by BeeOnRope on Thursday December 06, 2018 @09:00PM (#18624483)
The "standard cell" would be without protection in the first place. It's not like the batteries materialize out the ether with protection circuits which are then removed for Tesla: the basic product Panasonic sells are the bare cells.

On top of those bare cells, third parties may add protection circuits, or maybe Panasonic does it themselves in some cases.

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