Major difference of Musk approach
Hi,
FPO,
Simple:
Smaller cells (iirc the popular "18650") separated and liquid cooled. Ea. About the volume of a stretched C type flashlight cell. (est. 10 ~ 20 % more volume)
The idea to use an "av. standard case" (we may comprehend the reasons) WITHOUT cell spacing and without "any" cooling certainly was an important factor to the outcome.