That's odd that Tesla spends so much on its own battery R&D and manufacturing but they're buying batteries from a Chinese company, and only for the RWD model but not the others.
this post was submitted on 19 May 2024
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Tesla does not make Lithium iron phosphate batteries which the RWD model uses.
Oh ok, I thought they did. I was told by the guy at the Tesla dealer that model 3s from 2023 onward had LFP batteries so I assumed they were made by Tesla.
Yet. They purchased some hardware to do it from CATL.
Good.
There are some other U.S.-market EVs that contain Chinese batteries, like the Ford Mustang Mach-E and the all-wheel-drive variant of the Toyota bZ4X
There is more information in the article than just the headline.
And you think this somehow changes my assessment? how dare you assume I didn't read the article. Fuck Ford and fuck Toyota, and fuck all car manufacturers.
There are some other U.S.-market EVs that contain Chinese batteries, like the Ford Mustang Mach-E and the all-wheel-drive variant of the Toyota bZ4X. But since those vehicles are assembled in Mexico and Japan, respectively, they aren’t subjected to the tariffs
This loophole seems like it will have unintended consequences