Musk takes aim at Panasonic over Tesla battery production
By Bloomberg
27 April 2019 |
3:14 pm
Craig Irwin, senior research analyst at Roth Capital Partners, discusses comments from Elon Musk about Panasonic Corp., the supplier of lithium-ion battery cells that power Tesla Inc.'s electric vehicles.
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