Tesla has launched its “next-gen Megapack controls platform,” which it claims enables faster deployment and commissioning of large-scale energy storage systems than its competitors.

Tesla Inc. is working on constructing a new Megapack factory in Shanghai, China to supplrment the output of the company's company's Lathrop, California Megafactory, Elon Musk said.

Tesla will open a factory in Shanghai to produce its Megapack large-scale batteries, cementing another foothold for the U.S. company in China even as political and economic tensions between ...