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Don't they get their batteries from Panasonic et al?

Where's the value add in buying a Tesla battery instead of just getting one from one of their suppliers?




Developers want a solution, not cells. It’s why Tesla’s Megapack solution is so popular, and they have a years long pipeline even at 80GWh/year of manufacturing capacity (split equally between California and China). Autobidder is also state of the art for orchestrating the assets for developers.

With that said, BYD has a strong offering and recently landed a large contract (12.5 GWh) in Saudi Arabia.

https://www.energy-storage.news/tesla-starts-production-at-s...

https://www.tesla.com/support/energy/tesla-software/autobidd...

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/02/17/byd-to-supply-12-5-gw...


They used to, maybe 5-6 years back when they were still using the most common 18650 format.

With the switch to 21700 and 4680 batteries, they make their own (in China and I think some other US-based gigafactory)




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