See the following for details: https://www.tesla.com/blog/battery-cell-production-begins-gigafactory
I agree that Tesla is the only auto manufacturer using the cylindrical cells, but they are used by the millions in laptops, so the technology is well established. Using the cylindrical cells seems to be working for them. They can support power levels most other production EVs don't reach. I haven't heard of any reliability problems related to the cells or their interconnects. Mike > On April 12, 2017 at 9:06 AM Paul Wujek via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > On 2017-04-12 08:45 AM, Mark Hanson via EV wrote: > > > Is tesla still using 6800 or so of 18650 itty bitty cells in their on road > > vehicles like the S and model 3? Do they use these small cells in their > > Tesla Wall home UPS packs as well? I wonder if they'll continue these small > > cells at their giga factory in Reno since*no* other manufacturer is doing > > so. > > Best regards > > Mark > > Actually Mark, 18650s are so last-year, they are using 2170 cells now > > for all of their products, and yes they will continue to use them for > > years to come. > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20170412/e411b64d/attachment.htm> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
