CATL unveils world’s first LFP battery with 4C ultra-fast charging for 370-mi in 10 mins
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CATL unveils world’s first LFP battery with 4C ultra-fast charging for 370-mi in 10 mins
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Energy density 205Wh/kg, Is that pack level or cell level. If it’s pack level, that’s higher than most Nickel-Cobalt based lithium ion battery, while being cheaper and support 4C super fast charging. Amazingly good!
This kind of news is actually bad for EV, making the current EV on the road looking obsolete. Also used EV resell value will go down faster.
> Even at extreme temperatures as low as -20°C (-4°F), the new battery offers super fast charging.
A good heat pump and preconditioning software plus ever warming winters, [[US Heating Degree Days, 1949-2022]](https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/browser/index.php?tbl=T01.10#/?f=A), [[EU Heating Degree Days, 1979-2022]](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=File:Heating_degree_days_in_EU,_1979-2022.png), I think the winter range problem is going to be a short lived blip in EV history.
Very fast charging could fix a lot of issues with EVs. ICE vehicles often have real world ranges of 200-250 miles, people don’t mind because you can refuel easily. If an EV can charge in 10 minutes, and can charge at home, you wouldn’t need a longer range, that means you could have a small battery, with low cost and low weight.
It’s pretty amazing that we’re probably only a vehicle generation or two away from having refueling time parity with ICE vehicles, which is often one of the biggest complaints.
If we could just increase the amount of reliable high speed DC fast chargers too, you might win a lot more EV averse buyers.
Is this actually LFP or LFP + a bunch of other things like their M3P batteries?