It’s just about LFP which are very common now. The new trend is sodium ion instead of lithium ion. CATL (battery manufacturer in China) is shipping those now, and they are starting to appear in some cars.
A new generation of cheaper batteries is sweeping the EV industry
Submitted 5 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://grist.org/energy/a-new-generation-of-cheaper-batteries-is-sweeping-the-ev-industry/
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solrize@lemmy.world 5 months ago
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
How’s the density compared to LFP?
Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I believe it’s notable worse. The focus seems to be more on industrial use cases with stationary batteries.
solrize@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I think somewhat worse, but try a web search. One attraction iirc is very fast charging.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
LFP is not new. It’s been in cars since Fisker integrated A123’s batteries. CATL and other manufacturers have been churning out LFP in volume for over a decade now.
Acters@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You do realize a decade is a very short time for something at a scale this large with complex interactions that needs to be reliable, efficient and reproducible at scale.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Yes I do and LFP has been manufactured and integrated at scale for a very long time.
moseschrute@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The savings arrived just in time to counteract the Trump Elon 100% EV tariff
etchinghillside@reddthat.com 5 months ago
Surely the savings will be passed to the consumers…
Acters@lemmy.world 5 months ago
No the customers(ie the manufacturers) will get the savings. Consumers get to pay the same amount while being harvested as much data as possible
schizoidman@lemm.ee 5 months ago
scytale@lemm.ee 5 months ago
So the cars will become cheaper right? Right?
cordlesslamp6891@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Who said it’s cheaper for YOU?
GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Actually, maybe.
Nissan and Honda both have a long history of undercutting everyone else to sell compacts and both have been working on EV tech, Nissan a little more openly than Honda, although Honda does have a deal between Acura and GM in the states for battery tech.
Honda cooks forever before they release new things, but Nissan will keep cooking new small EV compacts… forever. It’s just their thing.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I understand that was meant as sarcasm, but actually they have become cheaper, in the way that new cheap EV models are arriving with much better range than previous cheap models.
jaemo@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Maybe, but this is why I already bought an EV in 2020. By the time the battery has degraded, I hope to be able to replace them with cheaper, higher capacity upgrades.