Neither of these things are true, they're at best modified off the shelf cells. They don't make cells at Fremont, at best the pack them into packs. There's no regulatory filings for cell production at Fremont.
The whole argument is that they could use off the shelf materials at scale to attain profitability, since that hasn't happened the goalposts keep being moved by Musk, rumors, and myths.
"Now we’ve learned that Tesla is building a battery cell pilot production line in Fremont"
"Tesla currently buy cells from Panasonic made in Japan for Model S and Model X, as well as cells made by Panasonic at Tesla’s Gigafactory 1 in Nevada for Model 3.
The automaker used those cells, which they help design, to make their own modules and battery packs, but they have never produced their own cells."
No I see where the confusion is, you think Electrek and Fred Lambert is anything other than propaganda unit for Tesla PR. Well at this point I can't help you.
