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Tesla's secret batteries aim to rework math for EVs, grid

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A Tesla Model 3 is pictured at the Beijing auto show in April 2018. (BLOOMBERG)
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Norihiko Shirouzu
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By:
Paul Lienert
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Reuters
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May 15, 2020 07:01 AM

Tesla plans to introduce a new low-cost, long-life battery in the Model 3 sedan in China later this year or early next that it expects will bring the cost of electric vehicles in line with gasoline models, and allow EV batteries to have second and third lives in the electric power grid.

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