Ann: Company Update, page-54

From my research they are predicting a manganese shortage in the future.

I thought Toyota used manganese in its hybrid batteries and is now looking at solid power with manganese.

I see no one has commented on the Tesla grid battereis - big futrue there for others as well.

http://fortune.com/2015/05/18/tesla-grid-batteries-chemistry/

"In contrast, Musk said that Tesla will use a lithium-ion battery with a nickel, manganese, cobalt oxide cathode for its grid battery. Called an NMC battery, it's meant to be used for daily cycling for a home, business, or certain types of clean power. "There's quite a lot of manganese in there," Musk said. (The Tesla website specs for this battery are 7 kWh battery for $3,000.)"


Personally I would opt for the safer battery and that is with manganese. So into this and the other rocketing manganese share.


"THERES QUITE A LOT OF MANGANESE IN THERE" MUSK said.