• humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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    16 hours ago

    99.999%+ write down. Not just Cybertruck sales collapse sign, it is evidence that Tesla has no other plans for its “wonder battery”

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    2 days ago

    How is $2.9bn to $7k a 99% cut? It’s far closer to a 100% cut…

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    2 days ago

    In a regulatory filing today, L&F revealed that the contract’s value has been written down to just $7,386.

    No, that is not a typo. $2.9 billion to roughly $7,400.

    L&F did not explicitly state the reason for the cut, citing only a “change in supply quantity,” but the dots are easy to connect. The high-nickel cathode was destined for Tesla’s 4680 cells, and the primary consumer of those cells is the Cybertruck