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Re:Apple dials back car's self-driving features and delays l... by TaylorAlexander on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @11:35PM (#39113667)
Unless I’ve misunderstood something, this is incorrect. According to this October article Tesla has produced 20 million of their own battery cells at their Texas gigafactory: https://electrek.co/2023/10/11/tesla-4680-battery-cell-produ...

And their first gigafactory in Nevada as far as I know has been producing cells for years. I suspect they stopped buying cells from Panasonic years ago.

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Re:Apple dials back car's self-driving features and delays l... by yasuocidal on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @01:41AM (#39114361)
Tesla has a special deal with panasonic[0], maybe they ""colab"" on the development of the batteries

[0]https://www.tesla.com/blog/panasonic-enters-supply-agreement...

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Re:Apple dials back car's self-driving features and delays l... by TaylorAlexander on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @02:58AM (#39114791)
Ah I looked for something more current and it seems Panasonic is operating production inside of Tesla's factory: https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/11/18305976/tesla-panasonic-...
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Re:Apple dials back car's self-driving features and delays l... by PinguTS on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @03:10AM (#39114865)
Actually, the Gigafactories are operated by Panasonic on behalf of Tesla. Technically the cell production in the Gigafactory is done by Panasonic and the packs then assembled by Tesla.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Panasonic-to-bo...

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