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Will a merged Tesla-SolarCity put a solar-powered battery in every home?

  • Written by W. Rocky Newman, Professor of Management, Farmer School of Business, Miami University
imageThe linchpin to Tesla's proposed merger with SolarCity is the Gigafactory and whether it can lower costs and improve battery performance.Tesla Motors

One year ago Tesla Motors announced plans to build its Gigafactory to produce huge numbers of batteries, giving life to the old saying, “if you want something done right, do it yourself.”

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