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IIRC, global LFP patents are due to expire in the next year or two, allowing production everywhere. LFP is great for cheaper vehicles and awesome for grid stor
by gibolt 5y ago
IIRC, global LFP patents are due to expire in the next year or two, allowing production everywhere.
LFP is great for cheaper vehicles and awesome for grid storage (which is not weight sensitive). The vast majority of batteries in the near-term transition will be LFP due to their common materials and super cheap cost.
- guerby 5y agoLooks like the important ones have expired already: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_GtSA4Ig9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_GtSA4Ig9s "A Brief History of LFP, Patents, Licencing Costs, Pricing // and Tesla" by The Limiting Factor
- elihu 5y agoAccording to that video, almost all of them have expired but there's one more that might be important that expires on April 27, 2022.