Tesla Will Begin Selling Chinese Model 3 With LFP Batteries This Week
Reuters reports that Tesla will begin selling Chinese made Model 3 sedans with LFP batteries on Thursday of this week.
Reuters reports that Tesla will begin selling Chinese made Model 3 sedans with LFP batteries on Thursday of this week.
Tesla’s second quarter earnings call just confirmed what may be the hottest technology topic for the electric vehicle revolution. Relatively inexpensive and abundant Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) batteries are well suited to affordable mass market EVs, so long as they are energy efficient. This confirms that frequent concerns over battery mineral constraints (and fundamental cost barriers) for powering the EV transition can potentially be laid to rest.
Tesla is in talks with battery producer CATL to supply lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) cells for the Shanghai-made Tesla Model 3, according to a report by Reuters.
A lot has been written about the Tesla’s next-generation compact car that used to be widely called the Model 2, including Zach’s excellent article last week about it. Zach asked who might pick up the challenge in place of Tesla doing it. Today, Tesla announced it would follow through with … [continued]
CATL has unveiled a new grid-scale energy storage battery it claims will have high density and zero degradation for the first five years.
If you ever had the suspicion that there are BEVs that international automakers sell in China but don’t want to offer to those of us in other markets, well … you were right. As Zach recently reminded us, China is currently the epicentre of the global EV revolution, representing 60% … [continued]
A new, plant-based source of nickel could help spare the EV battery supply chain from the burden of environmental impacts related to mining.
Hyundai and Kia continue to push boundaries and expand in the electric vehicle arena, and that now includes getting into EV battery production in India. They’ve also been doing their own thing with robots — not to be left behind by Tesla, presumably — and are showing off their ability … [continued]
March’s auto market saw plugin EVs at a 58.1% share in Sweden, down YoY from 59.9%. Plugin volumes were down YoY for BEVs, but up slightly for PHEVs. Overall auto volume was 23,891 units, down some 21% YoY. The Tesla Model Y was March’s bestselling BEV. March saw combined EVs … [continued]
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