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http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200713000807 (News Analysis) Want to buy an electric car? Better wait a few years for high-nickel batteries Jul 13, 2020 ... “People think high-nickel batteries with small amounts of cobalt can be cheaper by cutting costs on raw materials, but that’s only half true. The higher the ratio of nickel, the more heat a battery emits, requiring a new heat control technology or process, which eventually drives up the final price,” ... nickel makes batteries more powerful, other components such as cobalt, manganese and aluminum make them more stable ... battery makers are getting ready for the inevitable transition to high-nickel batteries in one way or another ... http://res.heraldm.com/content/image/2020/07/13/20200713000641_0.jpg + https://www.industryleadersmagazine.com/teslas-to-use-cobalt-free-lithium-batteries-in-new-vehicles/ Tesla’s to use Cobalt-free lithium batteries in new vehicles July 13, 2020 Tesla's phosphate-based lithium batteries will be the game-changers as far as costs of EVs are concerned. Tesla, in collaboration with the Chinese-based CATL battery makers, is working on lithium iron phosphate batteries. The phosphate-based lithium batteries will drive the cost down to $61 by 2030 ... For EVLN EV-newswire posts view: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ https://mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
