A commodity cell is a type of battery made in large volumes for use by original equipment manufacturers. For example, commodity cells are used in
laptop
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s and
cell phone
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s, as the
energy storage
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element in its batteries.
Production
The auto industry battery consortium,
USABC, set about to invent automotive batteries made from specialty cells for cars.
Tesla Motors
Tesla, Inc. ( or ) is an American multinational automotive and clean energy company. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, it designs, manufactures and sells battery electric vehicles (BEVs), stationary battery energy storage devices from hom ...
uses commodity cells to make their automotive batteries.
Practically all commodity cells today are made in Asia – mainly Japan, South Korea, and China. There is no significant production anywhere in the US. A modern
lithium ion cell plant – such as those in Japan – is a highly automated affair with very low labor content.
See also
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List of battery types
This list is a summary of notable electric battery types composed of one or more electrochemical cells. Three lists are provided in the table. The primary (non-rechargeable) and secondary (rechargeable) cell lists are lists of battery chemistry. ...
References
* http://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/050107testme.pdf
External links
Tesla Motors* http://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/050107testme.pdf
Battery applications
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