Tesla deployed 419 MWh of electricity battery storage in the second quarter, an increase of 61% compared from the first quarter, but just a 1% increase over deployments made in Q2 2019, the company has said. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Elon Musk and other Tesla executives told analysts in a July 22 earnings call that Tesla is growing production of its batteries “as fast as we can,” but for now has left open the prospects of manufacturing batteries at the new $1 billion facility announced July 22 for Austin, Texas. In its Q2 “update,” the company said it “recently launched and is still ramping” its trademark Megapack battery production that it said “generated a profit for the first time in Q2.” Battery deployments […]