Ford announced in a LinkedIn post that its battery team made a breakthrough with its lithium manganese rich (LMR) battery chemistry. This promises increased safety and energy density compared to nickel cells. However, LMR chemistry has inherent limitations, and Ford doesn't offer a clue on how it solved them.
All EVs in production nowadays use lithium-ion battery cells, although they might have different chemistries. The most popular are nickel-based cells, which use nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) or nickel-cobalt-aluminum (NCA) chemistry. Lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) cells have become more popular lately thanks to massive improvements in energy density and charging performance. These are lower-density but cheaper cells that are better suited for entry-level EVs.
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