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I don't have knowledge about this other then watching the industry closely. I would bet being pouch style cells using NCM811 or a further evolution there-off.
by nickik 5y ago
I don't have knowledge about this other then watching the industry closely.
I would bet being pouch style cells using NCM811 or a further evolution there-off.
> LFP doesn't require cobalt or nickel, so it can be produced in higher volume than chemistries that do without running into resource bottlenecks.
I don't think raw resource availability is the major problem. Lithium refinement and cathode and anode production is more likely to cause issues.
> Tesla's approach is fine if you want to make a million cars.
Not sure what you are referring to here. Tesla uses the second most LFP cells as far as I know.
Tesla already uses NCA, NCM and LFP and they are buying from the 3 largest suppliers, Panasonic, CATL and LG. In addition to that they will also produce their own cells with their own high nickel, and nickel-manganese chemistry.
They are absolutely thinking how to make many millions of cars, be diversifying suppliers (including themselves), diversifying chemistries while trying to unify the format.