Battery supply deal for Tesla?

Electric car maker Tesla looks set to agree new battery supply deals for its vehicles. South Korean company Samsung SDI Japanese firm Panasonic and Chinese automotive company BYD have all been named as suppliers of lithium ion batteries. Whether all three firms will supply batteries to Tesla has not yet been revealed. Testing of a Tesla vehicle with new lithium ion batteries is to start shortly however.
August 28, 2013 Read time: 1 min
Electric car maker 4071 Tesla looks set to agree new battery supply deals for its vehicles. South Korean company Samsung SDI Japanese firm Panasonic and Chinese automotive company 3484 BYD have all been named as suppliers of lithium ion batteries. Whether all three firms will supply batteries to Tesla has not yet been revealed. Testing of a Tesla vehicle with new lithium ion batteries is to start shortly however.

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