Well its finnally happened.
Super tempted to buy 1 for science. Id really like to know how good these are. I still havent seen any hit the wild yet.and i have been on the hunt. Only a few full batteries
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Seems expensive and its just prob a normal 21700 cell lol 
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Id agree its ebay. Prob fake but id really like to see these finnaly turn up.
Apprarently tesla uses a tight glue that makes it super diff to take apart at a cell level
Best if we together buy a model 3 salvage pack and split it
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Batteries designed for electric vehicles are unlikely to be optimised for eskate use. They want much higher energy density and don’t need the power density. Consider a 30Q. 3Ah and 15A rated continuous (5C). The Tesla P100D. with 100kWh doesn’t need 500kW continously. So they tweak the cells for capacity rather than power (edit).
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eh? capacity = range does it not you mean they tweak for capacity not power output…?
But doesn’t Tesla use Panasonic?
Sorry, “Capacity rather than Power” I will edit my post.
Neither do we, a cell used in a Tesla is perfectly fine for our case, ideal I would say, they take huge burst of current great and still have a big capacity
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The Tesla cells are a custom high discharge cell designed between Tesla and Panasonic , built by Panasonic at the Tesla Gigafactory.
Hmm if there was a cell so good why not release it, because their cell isdnt a game changer, Tesla optimizes their cells for capacity
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Buuuut. A reliable 2170 with 5ooo mah at 15 amp price depending would > 30q.
For us rangist.
Probably a part taken from a diassembled Tesla car
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holy shit who’s gonna do this i shotty 50 of em
Good luck findin a pack for sale.
It’s all about the cobalt. They need it all for themselves.
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There’s probably plenty of cobalt around the world. Just not many established mines yet. This is about to change though.
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About 3,5 $ per 21700 cell. Good for doing what @mynamesmatt had in mind. Lets say that someone buys it disassembles and then resells cells at 4,5$ for forum members. I would be interested. About 1000 cells will find its owners within this forum il less than year at this price.
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You sometimes see real Tesla packs being taken apart on endless sphere, I would keep an eye out there rather than eBay
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On snaps. I missed that in ebay. Theres a full batt too.
If these are selling its only a matter of time till someone sucks it up to sell the cells.