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Why Elon Musk’s Plan to Reinvent EV Batteries Was Dissed by a Chinese Battery Leader

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Robin Zeng , head of Contemporary Amperex Technology , founded the world’s largest EV battery firm, thinks it will fail.

Zeng says Tesla 's effort to reinvent the battery type that powers many EV cars is among the more ambitious, if low-key, initiatives on the docket.

Tesla has so far produced 100 million of its 4680 cells, but the project has suffered some setbacks despite its production numbers.

Is it beyond the pale to assume that in the end Tesla ’s battery team will solve the various issues they’re facing? Also, remember leaders at companies like Microsoft and BlackBerry reacted with laughter and scorn when Apple rolled out the revolutionary touchscreen iPhone in 2007 ? The device that changed smartphone design forever, and helped make Apple the world’s first company worth $1 trillion . This post originally appeared at inc.com. “Click here to subscribe to the Inc. newsletter: inc.com/newsletters".

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