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Energy and battery technology is booming.
As U.S. automakers make bold long-term commitments to electrify their fleets, there may not be enough lithium-ion batteries to go around in the short-term. While China dominates the battery manufacturing supply chain, and Europe is working to catch up, the U.S. still lags far behind. As batteries become a matter of energy independence and national security, here’s what the U.S. can do to catch up.
Analysts estimate that the size of the EV battery industry will grow to around $70 billion by 2025, and there’s a number of innovative battery start-ups trying to grab a piece of the pie. One of these companies, Cuberg, is making lithium-metal batteries, which it says will be twice as energy dense as standard lithium-ion, and could therefore help electric vehicles become cheaper and more efficient. Because Cuberg’s tech is largely compatible with existing lithium-ion manufacturing processes, it has the potential to scale quickly. And if it does, we could see lithium metal batteries powering small planes and electric vehicles within the decade.
Elon Musk announced that Tesla was getting into the energy business in 2015, and now it’s betting that it will become increasingly important for the company. In 2020, it surpassed 3 gigawatt hours of energy storage deployments in a single year, largely due to the popularity of Megapack, its utility-scale battery product. CNBC visited PG&E’s Tesla Megapack site in Moss Landing, California and learned why energy storage systems like Tesla’s could be everywhere in a future of renewable power.
Energy is also coming from unlikely sources. Bioo is generating electricity from the organic matter in soil and creating biological batteries to power agricultural sensors, a growing $1.36 billion global market. Eventually, Bioo envisions a future where biology could help to power our largest cities.
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00:00 -- How Tesla Is Quietly Expanding Its Energy Storage Business
20:37 -- How Soil Could Be An Untapped Source Of Electricity
30:28 -- Why This Battery Breakthrough Could Make EVs Cheaper
42:11 -- Why the U.S. EV Industry is facing a battery shortage
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For knowledge sharing - What Is an LFP Battery? A 4680? https://klse1.i3investor.com/blogs/genetec_rm400/2022-04-22-story-h1621577810-For_knowledge_sharing_What_Is_an_LFP_Battery_A_4680.jsp
You may refer to its material on the battery day slide https://klse1.i3investor.com/blogs/genetec_rm400/2022-03-29-story-h1620532245-My_fellow_GENETEC_shareholders_What_is_Customer_T_plan_on_battery.jsp
2022-04-22 16:54
This is MUCH better !!! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIFn7ONIJHyC-lMnb7Fm_jw "The Limiting Factor. "
2022-04-22 17:09
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1vB0sVNFTQ What Elon Musk said about Battery Production and LFP .
2022-04-22 17:11
TESLA US ONLY use their 2170(Panasonic) and 4680(TESLA) batteries. NONE uses LFP batteries in US. However currently . TESLA are shipping CHINA's Model 3 and Y with LFP batteries to US. Current TESLA production in the US DO NOT HAVE enough Batteries , thus unable to make the TESLA Model 3 or Y . Even Elon Must have ADMITTED that LFP batteries are the FUTURE of batteries. TESLA US .... will 2023 start to use LFP batteries (50%) and the 2170/4680 batteries (50%) . ( Just my 2 cents) .
2022-04-22 17:17
Major Distruptor ... Sourcing Lithium carbonate ( 70% sourced from CHINA !! ) Analysis have confirmed Shortages of Lithium will start in 2022 !!!
2022-04-22 17:20
Elon was asked what were the limiting factors on Tesla's production:
In the short term, semiconductors. In the long term, batteries.
IRON & NICKEL is 2 options for the CATHODE material. You may refer to its material on the battery day slide. What's their plan on ANODE & CATHODE material in different car model. https://klse1.i3investor.com/blogs/genetec_rm400/2022-03-29-story-h1620532245-My_fellow_GENETEC_shareholders_What_is_Customer_T_plan_on_battery.jsp
But the 4680 initiative is much more than just materials. It is a total revamp of battery for mass production.
The difficulty of designing the machine that makes the machine is vastly harder than the machine itself.
2022-04-22 17:25
will 2023 start to use LFP batteries (50%) and the 2170/4680 batteries (50%) . ( Just my 2 cents) .
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4680 is the x & y dimension for cylindrical cells. the ANODE & CATHODE material will depends on the final product - S, 3, X, Y, Truck, Power pack, & mega pack will have own mixture of materials.
2022-04-22 17:30
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TESLA is the BEST of what the US has to offer in EV development. Yet their BEST 4680 battery has MANY issues in Production. To-date they have NOT been able to RAMP up commercial production. Consistency and Reliability of the 4680 batteries remains the main problem. As for NORTVOLT ... Lithium has SHOOT up 400% in 1 year. Their Lithium Anode battery will be extremely expensive.... THUS not competitive against LFP batteries from BYD. Even TESLA are using LFP batteries which is much safer , cheaper and has RAMP up to Commercail production. I see...NORTHVOLT going UNDER within 5 years as their Batteries are NOT CHEAP, Low SAFETY and production ramp up issues.
2022-04-22 16:45