On Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 5:32:30 PM UTC-7, son_of_flubber wrote:
On Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 8:27:02 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 4:56:52 PM UTC-7, son_of_flubber wrote:
Seriously. Will Tesla brand Li-Ion batteries ever find their way into aircraft propulsion?

Tesla battery packs are currently made up from standard Panasonic 18650 li-ion cells with off-the-shelf charger/protection circuits, the same as in many laptop batteries. Not magic unobtanium, just buying in bulk.

Tesla's NV battery factory projects reducing battery costs by 30%.

So they say, still sounds like they're just going to produce 18650 cells via much automation. If it works, it will eventually drive down the price of all such cells.