Tesla electric motor cars team up with Panasonic

Tim

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Electric car startup Tesla Motors and battery cell giant Panasonic announced today that they will together develop nickel-based lithium-ion battery cells for electric vehicles. Panasonic has been rumored for months to be a battery cell supplier for Tesla’s planned Model S sedan, and today Naoto Noguchi, President of Panasonic’s Energy Company, said the Japanese firm’s cells will be used for Tesla’s “current and next-generation EV battery pack.”

Tesla & Panasonic Make It Official, Buddy Up for Batteries

What's the story with Lithium Nickel batteries? I don't think I've come across that particular chemistry before.