Carrie Hampel – electrive.com

Panasonic plans to improve Tesla cells

Panasonic is working to increase the capacity of its 2170 round cells. Panasonic CTO Shoichiro Watanabe expects the new cells to enter production this year or in 2025 at the factory the company jointly operates with Tesla in Nevada.

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Mercedes-Benz EV sales to grow by 73 per cent in 2023