In Tesla's Quest For $25,000 EV, Panasonic Thinks It Has Crucial Role To Play
What Happened: While Tesla plans to make the new 4680 cells in-house, it has alsoasked Panasonicto begin producing them.Last September, Tesla announced thedesign of the tabless 4680battery cell, which increases power by six times and energy by five times. The design supposedly boosts the range by 16%.The new 4680 cells, named after their dimensions of 46-millimeter diameter and 80-millimeter height, are larger than the cells currently supplied by Panasonic to Tesla.However, Yasuaki Takamoto, Pan