The lithium iron phosphate battery offers an alternative in the electric vehicle market. It could diversify battery manufacturing, supply chains and EV sales in North America and Europe. China dominates over 80% of total battery, but also ~95% of LFP production.
Ford Motor Co. Ford’s announcement that it is building a plant to make lithium iron phosphate (LFP) EV batteries has raised the profile of this alternative EV battery chemistry. So far, it has seen little use in the U.S., but it is more widely used in other countries.
Last April, Tesla announced that nearly half of the electric vehicles it produced in its first quarter of 2022 were equipped with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, a cheaper rival to the nickel-and-cobalt based cells that dominate in the West. The lithium iron phosphate battery offers an alternative in the electric vehicle market.
The LFP battery uses a lithium-ion-derived chemistry and shares many advantages and disadvantages with other lithium-ion battery chemistries. However, there are significant differences. Iron and phosphates are very common in the Earth's crust. LFP contains neither nickel nor cobalt, both of which are supply-constrained and expensive.
The global lithium iron phosphate battery market size is projected to rise from $10.12 billion in 2021 to $49.96 billion in 2028 at a 25.6 percent compound annual growth rate during the assessment period 2021-2028, according to the company’s research report, titled, “ Global Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery Market, 2021-2028.
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The lithium iron phosphate battery (LiFePO 4 battery) or LFP battery (lithium ferrophosphate) is a type of lithium-ion battery using lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO 4) as the cathode material, and a graphitic carbon electrode with a metallic backing as the anode. Because of their low cost, high safety, low toxicity, long cycle life and other factors, LFP batteries are finding a number o…