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Half Of All Teslas Manufactured In Q1 Have LFP Batteries LFP batteries are Tesla’s response to raw materials shortages.
By Steve Hanley
Published 2022 April 21
https://cleantechnica.com/2022/04/21/half-of-all-teslas-manufactured-in-q1-have-lfp-batteries/
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The war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine have precipitated massive disruptions in the price of some raw materials needed to manufacture lithium-ion batteries. Nickel has gone from $30,000 a ton to more than $100,000 a ton. While such increases may be transitory — the world of commerce will find a workaround for the economic fallout from the Ukraine war — they make it clear that being dependent on lunatics for essential raw materials such as oil, methane, and nickel is fraught with danger.
That is especially true when the iron and phosphate needed to manufacture LFP ( LiFePO4 ) batteries are both abundant in nature and relatively inexpensive. The lesson here is that Russia’s crimes may have sparked a turn away from using nickel to make the batteries for electric vehicles, which means investing in nickel futures may not be the best long-term strategy at the moment.
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Almost Half Of All Teslas Built In Q1 Had The LFP Battery Pack Batteries comprised of LFP cells contain no cobalt or nickel, making them cheaper to make from more easily available materials.
Apr 21, 2022
By: Andrei Nedelea
https://insideevs.com/news/581261/tesla-lfp-battery-nearly-half-deliveries/
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The company also increased the price of its NCA pack-equipped vehicles several times over the last year or more, while LFP-equipped variants kept their price; this made the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y not eligible for California’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) which granted buyers a $2,000 rebate, making variants with LFP packs even more desirable.
Furthermore, Tesla also sent order holders who were waiting for their Model 3 or Model Y last year an email that their configured vehicle with an NCA pack would take many more months to arrive and they were asked if they wanted to switch to an LFP vehicle that they could receive much sooner.
Half Of All Teslas Manufactured In Q1 Have LFP Batteries LFP batteries are Tesla’s response to raw materials shortages.
By Steve Hanley
Published 2022 April 21
https://cleantechnica.com/2022/04/21/half-of-all-teslas-manufactured-in-q1-have-lfp-batteries/
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The war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine have precipitated massive disruptions in the price of some raw materials needed to manufacture lithium-ion batteries. Nickel has gone from $30,000 a ton to more than $100,000 a ton. While such increases may be transitory — the world of commerce will find a workaround for the economic fallout from the Ukraine war — they make it clear that being dependent on lunatics for essential raw materials such as oil, methane, and nickel is fraught with danger.
That is especially true when the iron and phosphate needed to manufacture LFP ( LiFePO4 ) batteries are both abundant in nature and relatively inexpensive. The lesson here is that Russia’s crimes may have sparked a turn away from using nickel to make the batteries for electric vehicles, which means investing in nickel futures may not be the best long-term strategy at the moment.
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Almost Half Of All Teslas Built In Q1 Had The LFP Battery Pack Batteries comprised of LFP cells contain no cobalt or nickel, making them cheaper to make from more easily available materials.
Apr 21, 2022
By: Andrei Nedelea
https://insideevs.com/news/581261/tesla-lfp-battery-nearly-half-deliveries/
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The company also increased the price of its NCA pack-equipped vehicles several times over the last year or more, while LFP-equipped variants kept their price; this made the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y not eligible for California’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) which granted buyers a $2,000 rebate, making variants with LFP packs even more desirable.
Furthermore, Tesla also sent order holders who were waiting for their Model 3 or Model Y last year an email that their configured vehicle with an NCA pack would take many more months to arrive and they were asked if they wanted to switch to an LFP vehicle that they could receive much sooner.
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