WHO will win the Battle between Tesla (Musk) and the BIG BOYS (cyclindrical cell vs pouch cell)?
Musk may find out that even his new lithium 4680 doesn't offer the right competitive muster as does the lithium pouch cell for cars. Is there even one other major car manufacturer in the world that uses cylindrical cells ?
IMO the reason Musk decided so soon to scrap the 21700 for the 4680 is due to the competitive BIG BOYS pouch cell. Time will tell whether Elan hedged his bet using the wrong eggs in his basket.
DogDipstick brought this even moreso to my attention with his recent post ... https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=115915&p=1713526#p1713526 ... suggesting that even when he can get his hands on bigger cells (e.g. 4680) that pouch cells will still offer an advantage in price (cycle life?). Maybe, not for e-bikes, but moreso for Golf carts, Go-carts, Scooters, HarleyHogs, Mini-cars, luxury cars, Indy, Nascar, Formula E, Extreme E.
This e-bike pouch cell battery ES thread was posted way back in 2017 ... https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=86067 ... 24S too bulkly and expensive ?
Apparently a lipo pouch cell battery offers no avantage for an e=bike DIY build ?