On 13 Mar 2022 at 10:59, Michael Ross via EV wrote: > I suppose this explains a lot about why Tesla (and Straubel) are leaning > hard towards LiFePO. Nickel and manganese, etc., are a problem? Don't use > them.
LFP has been (and I think still is) markedly lower in both energy density and specific energy. But it counters that with longer life, lower cost, better inherent safety, and more common raw materials. Since we don't seem to be able to get the automakers to give up their constant drift toward ever larger vehicles, the downsides of LFP become less significant. A bloated SUV or massive pickup has lots of room for a big LFP battery, and the battery's weight is less of a big deal when the wallowing whale already weighs 2 tons or more. That said, I don't know what the legal situation is with LFP. I seem to recall that licensing restrictions were one reason most of the LFP 10-15 years ago came from China. Maybe someone can update us on that. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith. -- Albert Einstein = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
