BMW, Stellantis In Talks With Tesla’s Battery Supplier Over New US Plants

with Chinese-based Envision AESC. However, recent political tensions have made it more difficult for Chinese battery makers to do business in the US, and this is one of the reasons why BMW has turned to Japan-based Panasonic for a possible collaboration.

Traditionally, both Stellantis and BMW have used prismatic battery cells in their EVs, mainly because they’re cheaper to build and ship. However, cylindrical cells have the advantage of being smaller and packing in more power, as well as being seen as relatively safe. But they’re not perfect from a manufacturing point of view, with increased costs and the potential for more manufacturing defects, as thousands of cells need to be put together to form a big enough pack to power an electric vehicle.

Panasonic manufactured around 7 percent of all the EV batteries deployed last year and it’s working on a more powerful cell known as the 4680, which has the same form factor as the

You mean TSLA doesn't manufacture its own batteries?

BMW and Stellantis stealing Tesla tech again.

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