Among the most interesting topics there is certainly the one concerning batteries and which technological advances can be expected in the coming years: from this point of view Elon Musk has always been very clear, he does not believe that in In the next few years there will be some revolutionary breakthroughs in the field of batteries - even solid state batteries, which always seem to be on the verge of disrupting the world of electric cars, are actually still quite far from true market diffusion.
"And It is relatively simple to make a cathode with 2/3 nickel and 1/3 manganese, so as to increase the cell volume by 50% using the same amount of nickel. " Elon Musk himself had said on the occasion of the Battery Day of 2020, during the presentation of the 4680 batteries.
For the moment, Tesla will continue to rely on technologies known and developed over the years, using nickel batteries for the Long Range models, and LFP (Lithium iron phosphate) batteries for the shorter range models; According to reports from Eletreck, Tesla would not be the only company committed to studying the potential of manganese, and there are already many studies that confirm the possibility of creating high energy density cathodes - and low cost, a fundamental aspect for a technology to be developed for the world market - using manganese.