Why LFP Became The Dominant EV Battery Chemistry In 2025 Lithium-iron phosphate is now the most widely deployed EV battery chemistry in the world. Thank China's dominance in the space. By Suvrat Kothari Jan 20 -
Ford Hybrids May Use Cutting-Edge Batteries From China's BYD: Report The two auto giants are in talks for a potential partnership for lithium–ion batteries for hybrids. By Suvrat Kothari Jan 15 -
Why These Ford Mustang Mach-E And Tesla Batteries Should Be Charged To 100% Let's talk about LFP battery health. By Patrick George Jan 1 -
All Major EV Battery Chemistries, Explained Here’s all you need to know about the magic that happens inside your EV battery and how it impacts range, charging and performance. By Suvrat Kothari Dec 24 2025 -
Tesla vs. The Rest: Which EVs Have The Most Range After 3 Years Range loss isn't a big issue in modern EVs, but some brands do better than others, according to a study from Recurrent. By Tim Levin Nov 16 2025 -
Ford’s $5.8 Billion EV Battery Plant In Kentucky Powers Up Despite losses and delays, Ford’s electric vehicle push is just getting started. By Suvrat Kothari Aug 20 2025 -
Ford's $30,000 EV Pickup Will Have A Tiny Battery Ford’s smallest electric pickup will have a battery that’s roughly half the size of the entry-level F-150 Lightning's. By Iulian Dnistran Aug 11 2025 -
Solid-State Batteries May Be A 'Weapon' To Beat China, SK On Says Korean battery giant SK On’s U.S. operations are far bigger than you think. Now, it’s going all in on battery R&D. By Suvrat Kothari Aug 6 2025 -
Ford's Affordable EV Comeback Starts Here. But Not Without Controversy Ford's BlueOval Battery Park represents a comeback, both for Ford and for lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) battery technology in America. By Patrick George Jun 23 2025 -
How Ford And GM Are Plotting A Battery Breakup With China Ford and General Motors are racing to develop a new type of electric vehicle battery. One engineer labeled it as “LFP of the West.” By Suvrat Kothari Jun 4 2025 -
Ford Develops Breakthrough Battery Chemistry After ‘Intense Research’ It's a lithium manganese rich (LMR) cell chemistry designed for lower-cost and longer-range EVs. By Suvrat Kothari Apr 26 2025 -
Hyundai, Kia Pump The Brakes On Solid State Batteries Until 2030 Plus, Nissan draws up plans to replace its CEO and Stellantis tells Trump he's slapping tariffs on the wrong cars. By Rob Stumpf Feb 27 2025 -
Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck Only Has A 50-kWh Battery. Here’s Why That’s Enough The standard electric Lightning can be specced with up to 131 kWh of juice. But this isn’t your average pickup. By Iulian Dnistran Jun 21 2024 -
Ford's Michigan LFP Battery Plant Will Be Much Smaller Than Planned The Marshall site's annual projected output will be 20 GWh instead of 35 GWh, and it will have 1,700 employees instead of 2,500. By Dan Mihalascu Nov 22 2023 -
Ford, LGES And Koc Scrap Battery Cell JV Factory Plan In Turkey Concerns related to the current pace of EV adoption were cited as a reason. By Mark Kane Nov 13 2023 -
Ford Buys EV Power Startup To Advance Charging, Battery Management Tech Ford did not disclose how much it paid for California-based Auto Motive Power (AMP). By Dan Mihalascu Nov 2 2023 -
UAW Demands May Jeopardize Detroit And Korea's $28B Battery Plants South Korea's three biggest battery suppliers are reportedly anxious about the UAW pressing for substantial wage increases. By Dan Mihalascu Oct 26 2023 -
Ford Pauses Construction Of $3.5 Billion Michigan LFP Battery Plant Ford said it is going to limit spending at the Marshall site until it is confident about its "ability to competitively run the plant." By Dan Mihalascu Sep 26 2023 -
LFP-Powered 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E Vs. Outgoing SR Battery Version The new entry-level version is less expensive, but what else changed? By Mark Kane May 8 2023 -
Ford CEO Says Batteries Are The Main Constraint To EV Transition Jim Farley says both lithium and nickel are really the key constraining commodities in the lithium-ion batteries the company uses. By Dan Mihalascu Mar 28 2023 -
Volkswagen To Become Global EV Battery Supplier, Invest In Mining Europe's largest automotive group aims to sell batteries to Ford as part of its partnership and supply other brands going forward. By Steven Loveday Mar 22 2023 -
Ford F-150 Lightning Production Restarted Today It has been paused since mid-February as a precaution due to a potential battery issue. By Mark Kane Mar 13 2023 -
Ford Extends F-150 Lightning Production Pause For Another Week Neither Ford nor SK have publicly revealed the exact issue that caused an F-150 Lightning to catch fire in a holding lot on February 4. By Dan Mihalascu Feb 27 2023 -
Ford, LGES And Koç To Build 25-45 GWh Battery JV In Turkey This is an official indication that LG Energy Solution replaces SK On for the project. By Mark Kane Feb 22 2023 -
