Volkswagen Announces PowerCo and Shows the Unified Cell
7 Jul 2022, 17:10 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In an event that had the German chancellor Olaf Scholz, Volkswagen explained a little better how it would manufacture its own cells
We’re Worried About Batteries for EVs, But Everything That Needs Them Will Pay the Price
7 Jul 2022, 09:27 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Imagine laptops, tablets, smartphones, and all other gadgets you have to charge having to compete with electric vehicles: it’s going to get ugly.
Wuling Hongguang Mini EV Catches Fire While Charging in Haikou, China
6 Jul 2022, 15:07 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The world’s most popular EV has an LFP battery pack, but pictures of the burned car show it may not have been affected: it may have been just a short circuit
GAC Presents SmLFP Batteries With 20% More Volume Energy Density
5 Jul 2022, 11:16 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / To be more precise, GAC talks about 13.5% higher cell quality energy density, whatever that means, and 20% higher volume energy density
CATL Improves CTP 3.0 Battery Pack and Changes Its Name: It's Qilin, Not Kirin Anymore
23 Jun 2022, 18:53 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company also released better numbers for the new battery pack and showed how superior it is to a battery pack with 4680 cells.
Electric Corolla Developed With BYD – the Toyota bZ5 – Shows Up in Patent Images
17 Jun 2022, 18:05 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / According to the Chinese press, the bZ SDN will be called bZ5. Thanks to spy shots, we also have its technical specifications.
ONE Breaks Down the Gemini Battery Pack Chemistry: Manganese May Be Key to Understand It
15 Jun 2022, 09:09 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company disclosed how it uses its LFP cells and how crucial manganese is in the cells that have the mission to hold more energy
BYD Executive Confirms Tesla Will Put Blade Batteries in Its Cars
8 Jun 2022, 09:10 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Lian Yubo, BYDs executive vice president, confirmed the rumors were true in an interview with Kui Yingchun, host of state-owned media CGTN.
Toyota and BYD Invade Tesla’s Business of Stationary Energy Storage
2 Jun 2022, 17:24 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / While Toyota disclosed the O-Uchi Kyuden System, BYD just delivered its first storage station – the BYD Cube T28 – in North America
BYD Is Now the Third Most Valuable Car Company; Seal Sells 22,637 Units in Six Hours
25 May 2022, 21:48 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The wave of good news for the Chinese carmaker was only interrupted by the closing of the Changsha plant for pollution allegations.
BYD Open Pre-Orders for the Seal, Starting at RMB212,800 ($31,795)
20 May 2022, 18:26 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The most expensive derivative of this vehicle is only slightly more expensive than the entry-level Tesla Model 3, which makes the Seal a bargain
Company that Made Tesla Model S Run 752 Miles Doubts NMC/NCA Foundations
14 May 2022, 20:38 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The ONE (Our Next Energy) founder said we should be concerned with the fact that batteries with cobalt and nickel are prone to thermal runaways
Manganese Could Be the Missing Link of Truly Affordable EV Batteries
14 May 2022, 10:12 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Manganese is the material that EV makers eye for building truly affordable batteries with better characteristics than current LFP cells
BYD Is Closer to 1 TWh Than Tesla: Capacity Already Surpassed 500 GWh
30 Apr 2022, 18:34 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / And there are more factories about to be disclosed, with production capacities that could make it achieve 1 TWh way before its American competitor.
Rivian Is Developing a Smaller Car Platform For More Affordable EVs, the R2
20 Apr 2022, 17:19 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / This is probably the architecture that will have the 800V system, LFP batteries, and bidirectional charging, with vehicles being called R2T, R2S, and so forth.
LFP Cells Are Getting More Energy Density: 200 Wh/Kg With SVolt, 230 Wh/Kg With Gotion
29 Mar 2022, 08:21 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / While SVolt is already selling its LFP cells with 200 Wh/kg, Gotion High-Tech intends to produce its 230-Wh/kg LFP battery by the end of 2022
CATL States Its Kirin CTP Method Delivers 13% More Energy Density than 4680 Cells
28 Mar 2022, 16:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Yes, the Chinese Tesla supplier decided to tease the American EV maker by claiming to offer a more efficient packing system
CATL Is Looking for a North American Site for Massive $5 Billion, 80-GWh Battery Factory
22 Mar 2022, 01:10 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The U.S. is not the only place that could receive CATL’s new unit: Canada and Mexico are also in the dispute for the investments
Rivian Promises LFP, 800V Architecture, and Bidirectional Charging in Future EVs
11 Mar 2022, 10:46 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / RJ Scaringe said that when at the company’s earnings call while also giving bad news: it lost $2.46 billion in the last quarter of 2021.
SVOLT Now Wants to Offer Energy Storage Solutions Based on LFP
10 Mar 2022, 14:07 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / After creating a cobalt-free cell with high nickel, the Chinese battery company announced it also wants the market Tesla Powerwalls currently have