Tesla plans to expand its battery manufacturing operation in an effort to make its own automotive batteries

Reuters

• Tesla plans to expand its battery manufacturing operations in Fremont, California, to be operated around the clock, city government documents showed.
• The expansion serves as the company's latest move in an effort to produce its own automotive batteries, which is one of its most expensive components in their electric vehicles.
• Tesla, which said it currently has a "small-scale" battery manufacturing operation in Fremont, applied for city government approval to build an expanded battery operation.
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(Reuters) - Tesla Inc plans to build a battery research and manufacturing facility in Fremont, California, to be operated around the clock, under a project dubbed Roadrunner, documents from the city government showed.

The plan signals the U.S. electric vehicle (EV) maker's efforts to make its own automotive batteries, EVs' most expensive components.

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