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Happy Ford is using more environmentally friendly Iron based LFP batteries. Cobalt in more traditional batteries is neurotoxic for humans and the mining of Coba
by acd 4y ago
Happy Ford is using more environmentally friendly Iron based LFP batteries. Cobalt in more traditional batteries is neurotoxic for humans and the mining of Cobalt is dirty. Very good that a large car manufacturer such as Ford is switching to Iron LFP. You should be able to fast charge LFP which will compensate for the lesser energy density. Since lfp is more stable they should be able to take the charging better than cobalt-based chemistries. Also Iron lfp is a more stable chemistry than cobalt-based so far less likely for battery fires.
- Roritharr 4y agoHaving driven the 2021 Model 3 Standard Range with LFP Batteries from China: It charged much slower and had worse performance degradation in winter. This might be due to the software limitations Tesla put on the BMC, but since then it didn't improve by much. I wouldn't expect LFP be the panacea, but it should make EVs more affordable and is definetly in the "good enough" range for most families.
- freemint 4y agoLFP is supposed to be less bad in winter. So that it isn't kinda confuses me.
- sudosysgen 4y agoBYD has integrated heating elements to drastically reduce degradation in the winter. Charging speeds is just a result of cheaping out somewhere at the scales we're talking about.