More manganese in a lithium ion battery than any other metal
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 specsfor this battery are 7 kWh battery for $3,000.)
