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Tesla’s 2025 Form 10-K describes vertical integration where possible, but also says its products use thousands of global suppliers, relies on Panasonic and CATL for battery cells, and sources raw materials through supply contracts; it does not support control from raw sand through chips. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Tesla, Inc. 2025 Form 10-K · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:c15ba54dc87c5e2f060ce4d98032bffa54ee83b1a890507bded0d2371871a950

Our products use parts sourced from thousands of suppliers globally. ... We currently rely on suppliers such as Panasonic and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) for these cells. ... We continue to localize and de-risk our supply chains across regions, including through vertical integration where possible, such as our in-house lithium refinery in Texas.