The Chinese brand Geely presented its latest breakthrough with a lithium ferro-phosphate (LFP) battery, a chemical combination that, with new manufacturing processes, materials and thermal management techniques, allows it to achieve things that a few years ago seemed diametrically impossible.
The company states in an Autocosmos report that this battery can last as long as 1 million kilometers of use and would continue to maintain an optimal state of charge for at least 50 years.
This represents a breakthrough for this type of technology, since the average of current batteries is between 15 and 20 years, and about 600,000 kilometers of use.
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Safety
Other improvements presented by Geely focus on safety with new components, coatings and insulators that have been improved and further stabilized the electrochemical reactions that allow it to function.
In that sense, Geely promises that its new battery can withstand up to 3,500 charge cycles.
With this, Geely not only ensures that the resale value of electric cars will remain at better levels, they also emphasize that they would reduce polluting emissions by up to 80,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year, thanks to the fact that it would not be necessary to produce as many batteries as before.
In terms of charging capacity, this new battery is capable of charging from 10% to 80% with a fast charger in only 17 minutes, while an older generation battery achieved the same in 26 minutes.
In addition, the battery can retain up to 90.54% of its charge in temperatures below -30°C, while older batteries retained only 78.96% of their charge in the same conditions.
