Exclusive From The Electric: This Battery Executive’s Advantage is That He Has Sold a Star

February 23, 2026

In early 2019, Tesla paid $218 million to acquire a small San Diego battery startup that it believed could transform the economics of carmaking. Last month, Elon Musk’s gamble appeared to pay off when Tesla announced it was using the startup’s money-saving technology in an updated battery that …

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