Battery Cell Manufacturing
topic on 4 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes
Catalyst 
the Green Blueprint 
the a16z Podcast 
David Senra
4 statements about Battery Cell Manufacturing, every show
Dell: In year 30 Base Power will almost certainly make cells
“In year 30, it almost certainly will.”
Caldwell: Raw metals are the primary cost driver in battery manufacturing
“When I was working on factory design and construction, The most expensive thing was actually the equipment that goes inside the factory. Then when we started working on cell manufacturing, kind of realized that the expensive part of making cells is the stuff t…”
Frith: Raw materials constitute 70% of LFP battery cell costs
“The operational costs account for somewhere around, kind of, 20% of the total cost of a cell. You've then got roughly 10%, which is, is related to the, kind of, capex, so equipment and plant capex, and then the rest of what you're looking at, kind of, 70% or s…”
Gorrill: North America has minerals for 100 years of US battery production
“Well, I think if you can develop the cell manufacturing plants, which is what we are, we're a cell manufacturer, and then all the upstream supply chain, you should have, there's enough minerals in North America to supply the United States' need for this type o…”