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Engadget: Ford to use new battery tech in F-150 lightnings in early 2024.

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Discussion Starter · 11 mo ago

What other major improvements do you expect will come along in subsequent model years that early always might miss out on. This improved battery technology seems like a painful pill to swallow of being an early adopter.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.engadget.com/amp/ford-ev-manufacturing-rate-lithium-iron-phosphate-battery-131424727.html

"Ford is refining its plans to expand EV production, and it will partly lean on new battery materials to achieve those goals. The automaker now expects to hit a global production rate of 600,000 EVs per year by late 2023 thanks in part to lithium iron phosphate battery packs in some of its vehicles, starting with Mustang Mach-Es sold in North America (in 2023) and F-150 Lightnings (in early 2024). The chemistry will expand Ford's capacity, allow for "many years" of use with little range loss, cut manufacturing costs and reduce the dependence on shortage-prone materials like nickel."

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Kirk

· #2 · 11 mo ago

You don’t want the lithium iron phosphate batteries. They are cheaper to manufacture but have less energy density aka range. Not having them is a benefit, as opposed to ‘missing out’.

I do expect features to be developed which make me feel jealous, but this isn’t one of them.

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Kirk

· #6 · 11 mo ago

Voltz said:
Well, actually I do. There's a huge market for a $50,000 rolling 9.6 kW generator commercial work truck …

If they drop the price significantly to make up for the loss in energy density then I’m all for it. Completely agree they have a great place in the commercial work truck. Unfortunately what we will likely see is the same price with crappier batteries.

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