The South Korean battery maker has turned into Tesla's new supplier in the competitive market
Samsung SDI and Tesla Motors have entered into a business relationship. The South Korean giant has become the new battery supplier for the electric car maker. For a long time, Japanese battery maker Panasonic Corporation has been Tesla Motors battery cell partner. The supplier has been unchanged till last year when the Palo Alto Calif. firm gave an approval to another cell maker, LG Chem. The deal has been for a short time and only to upgrade its Roadster 3.0.
At the Oakland port, a bill of lading between Samsung SDI and the California based company shows that the car maker received a delivery of Samsung SDI 18650 battery cells weighing over 120 tones- the same format the electrically powered car maker sources from the Osaka based organization. Electrek contacted the automaker’s representatives, but hasn’t received a response yet, and asked them if the organization could confirm which cells will be used for as the number seems to be extreme for testing (sufficient for more than 100 vehicles) or a venture such as the upgrade of the Roadster battery pack( though possible).
The acquired battery cells could also be used in Tesla Energy devices such as Powerwalls as well as Power packs. On 19th April 2016, the deliveries reached Oakland. Unconfirmed reports regarding the battery delivery negotiation between the South Korean electronics maker and Tesla came into lime light in October last year- right when the organization confirmed that it was using LG’s cells for upgrading its Roadster battery pack.
In May 2016, latest report published in the South Korean region suggested that in recent times the car manufacturing organization’s executives had a meeting with the nation’s leading 3 battery suppliers, SK Innovation, Samsung SDI and LG Chem, for negotiating new battery delivery contracts. Whereas Panasonic continues to be the automaker’s main battery partner and vendor in the huge Gigafactory, the car maker always clarified that the organization will look to expand its battery supply chain.
Since in 2015, the automaker has filed to the SEC its capability to acquire battery cells from a number of suppliers. It believes on its capability to change cell chemistry and vendors of batteries whereas retaining its current investments in manufacturing equipment, electronics, software, testing and automobile packaging, will enable it to rapidly deploy a variety of battery cells into its products and leverage the recent progresses in battery cell tech.
The organization has also filed that it had currently chosen many battery cell sources, but qualified just 1 cell (18650 from the Corporation) for its battery pack and the automaker expects qualifying extra cells from the rest of the makers. LG chem’s cells for the Tesla Roadster were probably amongst those.
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