Battery Cell Production

Tesla’s EIA report hints at the automaker possibly building a battery cell production facility inside the Gigafactory 4 compound. Elon Musk has talked about Tesla pursuing vertical integration with its production line for years. Tesla has also made certain moves towards its own battery cell production line recently.

Panasonic hired chemical engineers from the non-battery sectors and trained them in working with lithium-ion batteries. Now it employs 3,000 people, as well as about 200 technical assistants from Japan, who work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Many questioned the reasoning behind Tesla’s GA4 tent, but its effects have rippled through reaching Gigafactory 3 and now Gigafactory 4. An automaker’s assembly line efficiency can significantly affect its sales and distribution numbers. For example, Ford’s Model T sales hit its stride after the automaker’s founder created an innovative assembly line for mass production.