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Technology Stocks : VALENCE TECHNOLOGY (VLNC) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: kolo55 who wrote (4844)	11/11/1998 3:41:00 PM
From: Greg Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27311

3 cells per notebook battery is definitely correct. The question (not clear) is: 1800 cells/day or 1800 batteries/day? I thought cells because it is cells that go thru the whole line. Batteries are only assembled at the end of the process, after individual cells are produced. The 4x4 cells are 11.4 Wh (3.8V x 3000 mAh) per the spec sheet on VLNC web site. So a 3-cell battery would be 34.2 Wh. Where do come up with 15 Wh/cell? I think your estimate of 60% GP is way too high for initial production. I think my 35% GP estimate, including yield factor, is reasonably optimistic. Like I said, I would hope 2 shifts per day (total 16 hours) would be feasible (I am even more aggressive than you in that respect). So my numbers raise a legitimate question, don't they?