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Tesla will introduce a new battery later in 2020 that promises longer performance and lower cost that will position the auto manufacturer to bring vehicle prices in line with gasoline-powered competitors.
Panasonic plans to boost the energy density of the original 2170 battery cells it supplies to Tesla by 20% in five years.
Within three to four years Tesla could mass produce a battery with an energy density of 400 Wh/kg.
Musk hinted that Tesla will be able to mass produce batteries with an energy density of 400 Wh/kg in the next three to four years - a more than 50% jump in capacity, as compared with the batteries Tesla currently uses for its Model 3.
Volkswagen will probably pass Tesla and become the world's largest producer of electric vehicles in 2022, when it should sell more than a million battery-powered cars.
General Motors plans to install 2,700 new electric-vehicle chargers in the U.S. in order to boost demand for battery-powered cars and compete with Tesla in the EV auto market.
Battery cell maker Panasonic says it will boost the energy density of the electric vehicle batteries it supplies to Tesla by 20% over the next five years, and aims to deliver a cobalt-free battery by 2022-2023.
Panasonic Corp plans to boost the energy density of 2170 battery cells it supplies to Tesla Inc by 20% in five years and commercialize a cobalt-free version in two to three years.
While there's enough cobalt supply for now, demand is expected to surge in the coming years as Tesla expands in China and Europe and Volkswagen Group to BMW roll out fleets of electric vehicles.
Tesla is set to lower the cost of making electric cars by using cheaper batteries, and a deal cut with Chinese battery maker CATL will likely involve lithium iron phosphate technology which does not use expensive cobalt, and may also do away with modules to lessen the cost of making them.
Reports of a new Tesla car battery that could bring the cost of electric vehicles on par with internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, and will first be made available in China, are on high rotation - but the world will have to wait to learn more.
Tesla expects the new batteries, which will be introduced later this year or early next year, to bring electric vehicle costs down to levels in line with internal combustion engine vehicles.
Tesla is set to launch a million-mile battery as soon as this year or early in 2021 for its Model 3 in China, as part of a broader plan to introduce longer-lasting, low-cost batteries that would bring electric vehicle prices to parity with conventional gas-powered cars.
Tesla, in partnership with Chinese battery maker CATL, plans to introduce its own million-mile battery later this year or early next.
Electric carmaker Tesla plans to introduce a new low-cost, long-life battery into its Model 3 sedan in China later this year or early next.
Expect electric-car penetration to rise to almost 15% by 2030, from 2% in 2019: Tesla has a significant lead over other automakers in making electric cars and is expected to maintain a strong market position.
The Lucid Air electric sedan will achieve not just a 400-mile EPA range rating but 400 miles at highway speed - a number that no other current electric car can reasonably today meet, including the Tesla Model S.
Some Tesla models can already exceed 300 miles, and as battery technology continues to improve, the projected average range of electric vehicles is expected to reach up to 380 kilometers (236 miles) by 2025.
Elon Musk has marked the end of 2020 as the time when Tesla drivers will be able to get in, nod off and wake up at their destinations using full self-driving.
GM will invest $20 billion by 2025 in electric and automated vehicles as it races to catch up with Elon Musk's Tesla Inc as vehicles go electric.
Tesla and many other automakers are likely in for a wild ride this year as coronavirus fears spread around the world.
Battery costs have fallen 73 per cent to $268 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in the seven years to 2015 according to the US Department of Energy, and Tesla, the electric car maker, predicts they will reach $ 100/kWh by 2020.
GM will have to exceed 300 miles of range on a single charge to compete with Tesla and other manufacturers who plan to roll out electric pickups in the coming years.

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Last updated: 13 September 2020