Musk Blames Panasonic Battery Lines for Tesla Output
- Gigafactory is operating at two thirds of its capacity: Musk
- Panasonic says it installed equipment for 35GWh/year output
Elon Musk.
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Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk said Panasonic Corp. cell lines at the electric-car maker’s Nevada battery factory have been holding up production of its Model 3 sedans.
“Pana cell lines at Giga are only at ~24GWh/yr & have been a constraint on Model 3 output since July,” Musk wrote in a tweet Saturday. “Tesla won’t spend money on more capacity until existing lines get closer to 35GWh.”