Could Tesla Really Get Into The Mining Business?

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 04:36:45 +0000

During Tesla’s most recent shareholder meeting, Elon said the company might get into another line of business — mining. He implied that taking control of the supply chain for the raw minerals used in its batteries might be a necessity as Tesla scales up production and adds more vehicles to its lineup

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Is This Why Tesla Stays Secretive About Maxwell Technologies?

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 20:21:01 +0000

sodium sulfur battery cellThere has been a ton of speculation about why Tesla bought Maxwell Technologies. The obvious but vague answer is that its battery technology will improve Tesla’s automotive and energy storage products, but we now know the more detailed answer. It’s a long story, but it’s well worth the read. Please read this post to the end, as it’s very easy to misunderstand this if you don’t get the whole story

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