BYD has been pioneering battery technology for over two decades. 27 years on, with over 3 million battery powered cars produced for customers, BYD is firmly established as a market leader in this field. Born out of this relentless research and development, and a major advancement for the EV industry, is the ground-breaking Blade Battery, an innovation …
In that spirit, EV inFocus takes a look at the top dozen battery technologies to keep an eye on, as developers look to predict and create the future of the EV industry. 1) Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries already power a significant share of electric vehicles in the Chinese market.
Battery technology has improved since electric vehicles entered the scene, but everything is about to change. Electric vehicles are advancing at an incredible pace, but we’re very much still in the early days. The Tesla Model S and X still use battery cell formats never imagined for use in cars.
One, popular in laptops, uses lithium cobalt oxide, which produces relatively light but expensive batteries. Others, popular in many cars, use a mix of nickel and cobalt with aluminium or manganese as a stabilizer (NCA and NCM).
Today, most electric cars run on some variant of a lithium-ion battery. Lithium is the third-lightest element in the periodic table and has a reactive outer electron, making its ions great energy carriers.
An electric vehicle has to be equipped with the right technology in order to use a battery swapping station, and not many EV models around the world currently allow for swapping. Conversely, an electric car can use any charging station in China because all use a common plug, and fast-charging technology is reducing the time for a recharge.
Battery swapping faces hurdles. It requires a standardization of the battery pack so the swap stations can handle it, and most EVs have their own configuration. An electric vehicle has to be equipped with the right technology in order to use a battery swapping station, and not many EV models around the world currently allow for swapping.