Million Mile Battery now in China SR+ ?

[FEERSUMENDJIN]

Is this what was missing in battery day?

CATL LFMPs are rated at 4000cycle duty. The new SR+ just announced in China with LFP has a range of 290 miles. That is formally a 1.16 million mile battery .

The key will be the battery pack size to look at what efficiency you would need to drive to get that.

 

[Jason71]

Is that the Dr Evil Battery?

One Million Dollars sounds a bit steep.

 

[Medved_77]

Is that the Dr Evil Battery?

One Million Dollars sounds a bit steep.

Especially as there's around 3000 of them in the SR+

 

[FEERSUMENDJIN]

Yup. Mucked that one up
Can edit post text but once you’ve posted the thread title your done !

 

[MrBadger]

Can edit post text but once you’ve posted the thread title your done !

Moderator comment - fixed - post formerly "Million Dollar Battery now in China SR+ ?"

 

[m3p_uk]

Looks like range has increased as well!

 

[Jason71]

Moderator comment - fixed - post formerly "Million Dollar Battery now in China SR+ ?"

Yeah but now my Dr Evil comment makes me look deranged!!!

 

[FEERSUMENDJIN]

Looks like range has increased as well!

I think in china they use a less conservative measure of range compared to EPA. But it is still formally a million mile battery ! Even with a 250 range it is still a million mile battery. The key thing is the Iron batteries have a higher cycle number. The NCAs are more fragile. CATL have managed to get the energy density up high enough to get enough LiFe battery in a M3. I believe the cost of these is about 80 dollars a Kw/hr. So no wonder the price is tumbling !

 

[m3p_uk]

I think in china they use a less conservative measure of range compared to EPA. But it is still formally a million mile battery ! Even with a 250 range it is still a million mile battery. The key thing is the Iron batteries have a higher cycle number. The NCAs are more fragile. CATL have managed to get the energy density up high enough to get enough LiFe battery in a M3. I believe the cost of these is about 80 dollars a Kw/hr. So no wonder the price is tumbling !

Tesla cuts Model 3 price in China, improves range with cobalt-free LFP batteries - Electrek

 

[Mr Miserable]

I'm expecting MIC SR+ to be exported to EU this quarter.
Some say RHD is most likely however I believe it to be only LHD in Q4.
We shall see....

 

[Arran]

I'm expecting MIC SR+ to be exported to EU this quarter.
Some say RHD is most likely however I believe it to be only LHD in Q4.
We shall see....

When would we/should we expect to see any price or range changes, reflected on Tesla.com? Is there a regular period after the end of the Quarter?

 

[Rustybkts]

Is this what was missing in battery day?
CATL LFMPs are rated at 4000cycle duty. The new SR+ just announced in China with LFP has a range of 290 miles. That is formally a 1.16 million mile battery .
The key will be the battery pack size to look at what efficiency you would need to drive to get that.

I've been using this chemistry in my home builds since 2008. Great for hobbyists as they tend to be friendly during abusive use. You can knock a nail through them with little fuss.
They are far safer than the cobalt chemistry and don't tend to burn spontaneously.

The lower capacity shouldn't be too much of a problem in the SR+ as the traction battery casing has a lot of spare room in it to allow larger format cells to be installed.

 

[Jason71]

Is this what was missing in battery day?

CATL LFMPs are rated at 4000cycle duty. The new SR+ just announced in China with LFP has a range of 290 miles. That is formally a 1.16 million mile battery .

The key will be the battery pack size to look at what efficiency you would need to drive to get that.

Two people rated the above funny.
I know comedy is subjective but I don't get the joke?
What am I missing?

 

[tomorrowman]

Laughter of joy perhaps. Either that or we have some material scientists on the forum, their humour tends to be niche