OSAKA -- Panasonic is technologically almost ready to start commercializing the cheaper, higher-capacity battery cells Tesla unveiled last year, the head of the Japanese industrial giant's newly consolidated battery division told Nikkei.
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Kazuo Tadanobu, CEO of Panasonic's in-house energy company, holds the new 4680 battery cell next to the current 2170. © Reuters
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