Meanwhile Inwards Nevada: Panasonic Completing Three Novel Jail Cellphone Production Lines At Tesla’S Gigafactory

I don't know how the Panasonic higher-ups are taking all the Tesla drama but I imagine we'll before long acquire how to say "What the Hell, Elon?" inward Japanese.

From Ars Technica, Sept. 26:

More battery cells may non shine out other bottlenecks inward Model 3 production.

In a Tuesday interview with Bloomberg, the caput of Panasonic's Automotive Division said that the society was on rails to consummate an additional iii battery-cell production lines at Tesla's Nevada Gigafactory earlier the destination of this year. That puts the expansion ahead of schedule for completion.

Panasonic is a articulation possessor of the Gigafactory. The society provides the "2170" battery cells that enter a Model 3 battery pack. Tesla packages those cells to consummate the pack.
In the interview, Panasonic automotive executive Yoshio Ito told Bloomberg that "the bottleneck for Model 3 production has been our batteries."
 
Ito added, "they only desire us to brand equally many equally possible."

In truth, bottlenecks roughly Model 3 evolution accept popped upwards everywhere along the line, then if they be inward a lack of battery-cell furnish (which Panasonic Tesla Credit Default Swaps Imply Default Probability At H5N1 Record 48%

Panasonic's the U.S. ADR's (PCRFY) are trading downward 2.34% (-0.277) at $11.58 afterward the stock declined 1.01% to 1,323.50JPY inward Tokyo (6752:JP).