BYD To Begin Production Of New High-Energy Density Battery In 2015

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According to Shanghai Metals Market, next year BYD Auto will begin production of new higher energy density battery cells.

News comes from board secretary Wu Jing-sheng cited by China’s Securities Times.

The new cells still will be lithium iron phosphate type.  However, BYD will add manganese to the mix to gain probably 10-15% more capacity.

One of suppliers of new cathode material could be Dow Energy Materials (DEM), which offers a lithium-manganese-iron-phosphate cathode material (LMFP).

Well, improving LFP will rather not bring a breakthrough.  However, it's swell to see battery progress and potentially lower weight for BYD cars.

Source: Shanghai Metals Market via Green Car Congress