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Tesla do per-cell cooling and the round shape offers more surface area for that

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A cylinder has the least surface area per unit volume of any extruded shape

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Generally that’s true, but in this case it’s about a flat surface vs curved

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That still doesn’t change anything, unless tesla is only cooling one side of the cell for whatever reason

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