Tesla uses the LFP battery tech in its standard range EVs.
. It’s adding lithium iron phosphate batteries made by Contemporary Amperex Technology for the Mach-E in 2023, and the F-150 Lightning in 2024.
Ford says these will be available alongside batteries with the existing nickel cobalt manganese chemistry, which is a similar approach to Tesla. In, the company said “nearly half of Tesla vehicles produced in Q1 were equipped with a lithium iron phosphate battery, containing no nickel or cobalt,” including most standard range vehicles.
Ford now says it has 100 percent of the battery cell production capacity needed to build 600,000 electric cars and trucks annually by “late 2023,” with the new packs, as well as doubled capacity at LG Energy Solution’s Wroclaw, Poland production facility and additional cell production capacity from SK On.
Looking further down the road to its target of building 2 million EVs globally by later 2026, Ford announced a separate non-binding MOU with battery giant CATL to “explore a cooperation” for building batteries across China, Europe, and North America. That’s in addition to , as well as agreements with mining companies to directly source necessary raw materials, including “most of the nickel needed through 2026 and beyond.”Subscribe to get the best Verge-approved tech deals of the week.Please confirm your subscription to Verge Deals via the verification email we just sent you.
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