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The gigafactory, which is under construction, will be the largest battery manufacturer in the world. 

What if lithium batteries will not be good enough for the mass market EV production? This Tesla factory would a gigantic cash burning device then Smiley

Why would they not be? It isn't rocket science (and Elon employs a lot of those people as well...). Honestly you keep looking for reasons to back up your short, it's not the slam dunk you think. Making batteries isn't all that technically hard, having the material and scale is.

 

Fact is the existing lithium batteries are far from being good enough.

Totally agree, but all the bench tests and new lab discoveries are decades away, battery technology moves very very slowly at the commercial level. EVs will still be using lithium batteries in 2025.

That is exactly the reason why I believe in the plugin hybrids for the next years - and, consequently, the demise of Tesla...