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Wouldn't it be smart to switch all models to the 100kWh battery and thereby lowering the cost of unnecessary manufacturing complexity?

Isn't Tesla using the insight of the big O notation to reduce manufacturing complexity by keeping the BOM parts as low and as simple as possible?

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The internal-cost difference between 75kWh and 100kWh might be higher than the cost having two pack sizes

I think two things:

- The battery packs are already created of modules.

- battery manufacturing capacity might be the limit to growth of tesla as a company (cars, trucks, semis, utility power)

Cell manufacturing is currently the limit, especially for utility storage (which Musk said demand for is tremendous on the last earnings call), but Tesla has a new battery partner (China based CATL) that has the capacity necessary for the Class 8 Semi project.

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