Panasonic: Increasing Battery Output To 54 GWh At Tesla GF1 Is Possible

Panasonic: Increasing Battery Output To 54 GWh At Tesla GF1 Is Possible

Tesla Gigafactory 1 in Nevada

was once promised to produce up to 105 GWh of lithium-ion cells (and 150 GWh of packs, partially from imported cells) annually.

However, it’s at 35 GWh now, which was not an easy feat thing to achieve.

According to the interesting article in the Financial Times (paywall),

Panasonic

sees potential to increase the production volume from 35 GWh to 54 GWh annually, as the company recruited/is able to recruit more workforce:

https://insideevs.com/news/390376/panasonic-54-gwh-tesla-gigafactory-1/

Panasonic says Tesla gigafactory plant labour shortages resolved

https://www.ft.com/content/bf0c37bc-27c8-11ea-9a4f-963f0ec7e134