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Tesla's battery is NCM, not LFP
by CorrectHorseBat 3y ago
Tesla's battery is NCM, not LFP
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoThey use BYD LFPs in some low end Model 3/Ys, especially in China but increasingly in the US.
- rstuart4133 3y agoIt was NCM for a reason: LFP was patented in the USA. The patents applied to China too of course, but China ignored them. But now patent has expired Tesla can sell LFP into the USA legally it's happening. Off topic rant. This is a fine example of the patent system hurting rather than helping a country. It's not the idea of rewarding the person taking a risk getting a reward for it that's the problem, it's more than a single term (20 years) works for all areas. It's probably fine for pharmacy. But that moves at a snails pace, and generally patents don't overlap. Batteries don't move much faster than pharmacy, but nonetheless the USA has almost no hope of overtaking China in LFP now and the USA in invented the technology. In fast moving industries like computers the current patent system the current patent is a disaster.
- h0l0cube 3y agoInterestingly, IP enforcement relies on globalization, which has been on the wane since Xi cemented his autocratic powers and the US began its trade war under the Trump administration