BYD’s new electric car battery is lighter and more powerful

The LFP battery is said to have 190 watt hours per kilogram of power. BYD batteries are also in Teslas and other electric vehicles.

Chinese car company BYD has its own new version Blade Battery up your sleeve. The new battery should weigh less and be smaller than its predecessor, but at the same time store more energy. The CEO of BYD gave this, Wang Chuanfu recently announced at the time of filing the financial report, as Electrek reports, citing Chinese Fast Technology.

More power for electric vehicles

A new battery may be ready Summer 2024 come to the market. So the cars should be theirs Frequency and performance may increase.

The new battery is said to have a higher energy density than the current generation of blade batteries – up to 190 watt hours per kilogram (Wh/kg) A new battery should do it. The current generation has an output of 150 Wh / kg.

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Lithium iron phosphate battery

The Blade Battery, which was presented for the first time in 2020, is called that for a reason Battery cells how the blades are mounted on the housing. On the Blade Battery is one Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery. Such batteries are cheap such as nickel-cobalt-manganese batteries, which are often installed in electric vehicles. Raw materials that are on Cathoden plugged in, costs less for LFP batteries.

BYD started in the electric car industry mainly because of its good batteries. BYD is also selling its battery technology Competitors such as Tesla, Toyota, Kia, Ford and Hyundai.

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Of course they are also in BYD electric cars, like this one Dolphindem Atto3 SUV and cheap Seagull.