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by imtringued 2630 days ago
Their battery factory is Tesla's primary competitive advantage. They are far ahead of almost any other manufacturer in terms of battery chemistry (<3% cobalt [0], less lithium, etc) and battery pack manufacturing (first to do thermal management -> long battery life).

[0] https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-3-batteries-cobalt-vol...

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Battery design is one of their primary competitive advantages, along with marketing and the supercharger network. Large scale manufacturing isn’t.