ESS: "Product of Japan"?

[TEG]

There was some discussion about ESS being assembled in USA so some said it is "Made in USA", but I can't find it now. (Anyone remember where that was?)

I just saw this ESS photo which has a "Product of Japan" sticker.
So it must related to the cells inside since I think ESS was first assembled in Thailand, and now in San Carlos.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3108/3241943477_33001332be.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/niallkennedy/3241943477/in/photostream/)
(It looks like there is a different sticker under the new one)


Tesla shifts battery pack assembly from Thailand to the U.S. - Autoblog Green (http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/04/11/tesla-shifts-battery-pack-assembly-to-the-us-from-thailand/)

[vfx]

Maybe it's the sticker that's made in Japan. :rolleyes:

[siry]

you'll have to check my facts on this but I think it relates to the total % content of the final assembled piece by value. Since the 6,831 cells comprise the lion's share of the value of the ESS, it is therefore a "product of Japan".

[TEG]

I wish I could remember where it was, but somewhere at TMC was a debate over where the ESS is "made", and someone was arguing that it was "made in USA" since it was assembled here.

Did someone delete that thread? I can't seem to find it anymore.


Related:
Tesla’s Batteries To Be “Made in the U.S.A.” Earth2Tech (http://earth2tech.com/2008/02/06/teslas-batteries-to-be-made-in-the-usa/)