From Reuters and seems to suggest the LG batteries are not LFP and in fact are NMC as @Glan gluaisne states:
Tesla battery supplier LG Chem shares jump 10% on upbeat outlook
From the article:
LG Chem said its batteries have an edge over the cheaper, LFP batteries from Chinese rival and Tesla supplier CATL, saying the latter’s lower energy density makes it difficult to be used for longer-range, large cars.
“The LFP batteries can be used in relatively short-range cars which are sensitive to prices... We believe that our nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) batteries can be mainstream globally,” said Chang Seung-se, senior vice president at LG Chem, referring to its nickel-based batteries.
Thanks, that’s a useful article which very strongly suggests LFP batteries will only be used in the SR+. Which is what most were suggesting.
I do think that if I had ordered a SR+ I would actually prefer the ability to regularly charge a car with shorter range to 100% all of the time. And I would be crossing my fingers that Tesla offers a software update to improve the LFP Supercharging speeds beyond the reported 70kw for these cars.
But it would have been easier if Tesla could just tell me what battery is going to be in the LR AWD car I ordered. And why have they told some of us that the LR China made cars have an LFP battery, when it looks like the don’t.
Anyway. I’m excited to collect my car in a few weeks!