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Will these new technologies impact consumer electronics?
Not that much. The primary concern with all the things Tesla does is to reach insane amount of scale and make it as easy to mass produce as possible. That means use simpler materials when possible.

Tabless doesn't really work the same in consumer electronics, that really helps you when your dealing with massive power and heat.

For silicon anodes there is already SILA and other companies trying to get silicon anodes into consumer electronics. Tesla focuses on a mass scalable approach, SILA is a bit more 'francy' but its also a more advanced process. But lots of companies try to get silicon anodes into consumer electronics.

The requirements for the cathodes are a bit different and Tesla doesn't really have something crazy unique there.

The Dry battery electrode technology would be useful for consumer electronics but as far as I know only Tesla has that process close to large commercial scale. But I don't see why it eventually wouldn't make its way there.

All in all, I think think consumer electronics will get much of this. This is about cars and grid batteries.