Tesla will build a new factory with Panasonic Bashny.Net

American manufacturer of electric cars Tesla Motors has signed an agreement with Panasonic Corp. on the joint construction of a plant for the production of batteries for vehicles. The new production site promises to be the biggest plant in the world to manufacture batteries.





According to Automotive News, for construction of a factory called the Gigafactory will be the area of one of the southern States of the USA. The plant will cost the newly made partners, in a fantastic money – about $ 5 billion. However, Tesla and Panasonic expect repeated filling of these costs, which will contribute to the market launch of the new budget electric vehicle Tesla Model III. For construction of the new Tesla factory could be required to rent a truck purchase.

We will remind, today Panasonic is Tesla's main supplier of cylindrical lithium-ion rechargeable cells for electromedia Model S. Electric car available to customers in several versions with different battery capacity: 60 or 85 kWh car With them able to "run" without recharging 335 or 425 km, respectively. Japanese batteries are gaining about 2/3 of its capacity in 30 minutes on a special "electric filling stations".

The founder of Tesla Motors has repeatedly stated its intention to invest in the construction of its own plant for the production of batteries. According to Elon musk, it will make the company independent from external suppliers and will be able to fill the growing demand for electric vehicles while reducing their cost. That's why superexpensive Gigafactory project and received a "green light". The new plant will improve the production of batteries according to the known technology, and will be a research center that will develop new, more efficient, easy and succinct types of batteries.

Source: scienceblog.ru