Tesla will be fully equipped with lithium iron phosphate batteries

In the early hours of this morning, Tesla released its third-quarter financial report. In addition to achieving record highs in terms of net profit, gross profit, and operating income, there is also news that deserves attention, that is, Tesla will be global The standard battery life version Model 3 and Moderl Y in the range all use lithium iron phosphate batteries instead of the previous ternary lithium batteries.

In fact, as early as the end of August, Tesla began to test the water for the full launch of the lithium iron phosphate battery version. At that time, users in the United States who ordered the standard battery life enhanced version of the Tesla Model 3 received an email, if you want to get it in advance For vehicles, you can choose lithium iron phosphate battery models.

As the main two power battery technologies, lithium iron phosphate batteries and ternary lithium batteries have their own characteristics. Compared with ternary lithium batteries, lithium iron phosphate batteries have advantages in terms of safety and price, while ternary lithium batteries are superior to lithium iron phosphate batteries in terms of energy density, voltage strength and cruising range.

However, due to the recent surge in battery-related raw material prices, lithium iron phosphate batteries have become the choice of many car companies due to their price advantages.

According to the domestic power battery installation data in September, the ternary battery was loaded at 6.14GWh in September, and the lithium iron phosphate battery was loaded with a total of 9.54Wh. The lithium iron phosphate battery was ahead of the ternary battery in terms of loading for three consecutive months.

In terms of output, the output of ternary batteries in September was 9.63GWh, accounting for 41.56% of the total output; the output of lithium iron phosphate batteries was 13.51GWh, accounting for 58.31% of the total output. This was the fifth consecutive month that the output of lithium iron phosphate batteries exceeded that of ternary batteries.

The domestic favorite lithium iron phosphate battery manufacturer is BYD. Its blade battery has passed the most stringent "acupuncture test" in the battery industry. Previously, when most new energy vehicles in China chose ternary lithium batteries, It even carried the banner of the lithium iron phosphate battery by its own efforts. This time Tesla also began to choose the lithium iron phosphate battery. It seems that the previous decision of BYD may be really correct.