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      "text": "Our research indicates that manufacturability is as much an unsolved and daunting problem as the science. To illustrate the mammoth difficulty in manufacturing solid-state cells, we preview comments from ex-employees on the company’s inability to produce even small numbers of working cells reliably and consistently.",
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