As electric vehicle sales climb, the sector faces a slew of bottlenecks:- Ramping up manufacturing of batteries and the raw materials that go into them takes time. Asian businesses now dominate global battery production. Much of the required raw material is mined in unstable nations or in countries with poorContinue Reading
Tesla has agreed to purchase 45 GWh of lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries from CATL to meet anticipated demand for the Model 3 and Model Y in 2022, according to the Chinese website CnEVPost. Model 3 and Model Y are currently available with LFP batteries in their standard range configurations, the formerContinue Reading
Growatt’s ARK battery achieves outstanding performance in TÜV Rheinland’s PVE Test Program and wins All Quality Matters Award at Solar Congress 2021. The Award recognizes Growatt’s first-rate battery energy storage solution for residential use. In TÜV Rheinland’s test program, ARK battery is given All Quality Matters Award for achieving first-rateContinue Reading
Chinese automaker BYD has developed new battery technology for its upcoming electric car BYD Han. The company calls it the Blade Battery Super Launching technology. These will be lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries integrated with new Cell-to-Pack (CTP) technology. As per the claims, this technology will provide an energy density of 160Continue Reading
A significant update was recently noticed on the Tesla Megapack website. Until recently, each Megapack was stated as having a capacity of 2.6 MWh of energy storage. Without fanfare, the page now claims that each Megapack has 3.9 MWh of storage capacity – a roughly 50% increase. What caused thisContinue Reading
Any Tesla Model 3 vehicles that get shipped from the Shanghai Gigafactory to customers in Europe will include the new lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries. According to documents from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the LFP variant of the Model 3 SR+ actually has slightly higher range rating (468km NEDC)Continue Reading
Over the past decade, zillions of hours and billions of dollars have been invested in figuring out how to make solid-state lithium-ion batteries. Now it seems lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries may be about to change the conversation completely. One of the features of LFP batteries is they don’t useContinue Reading
