2023-06-07 16:32:00
Photography: Gotion
Gotion, a Chinese company specializing in the manufacture of batteries, recently present a new battery that she describes as revolutionary. The LMFP battery (for lithium-iron-manganese-phosphate), might allow 1,000 km of autonomy.
Gotion isn’t the first company to promise revolutionary battery life. Chinese CATL, the world leader in batteries, has already started the mass production of its batteries Qilin whose energy density allows to reach 1000 km of autonomy in one load. Moreover, the Zeekr 001 will be the first model to be equipped with this new battery.
A battery lithium-fer-manganèse-phosphate (LMFP)
However, Gotion innovates on one point: to chemistry to battery LMFP might allow the commercialization of more affordable electric vehicles. It is indeed the bet of this Chinese company which made the choice to add manganese to its cell chemistry. As a result, Gotion claims to have been able to achieve higher energy density for less weight and size, which seems to be a huge advantage for electric vehicles.
Cheng Qian, Executive Director of Gotion’s International Business Unit, believes that ” the company expects its new LMFP battery, called Astroinno, to cost 5% less than a conventional LFP cell ». The LMFP battery will also be 20 to 25% less expensive than cells with nickel-manganese-cobalt chemistry (NMC), which are the most widely used batteries today. Production of this new battery is due to begin next year.
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Start of mass production in 2024
Gotion promises that it will be able to offer a range of 1,000 km on a single charge. The Chinese company specifies that the LMFP battery is capable of reaching an energy density of 240 Wh/kg versus 190 Wh/kg for LFP batteries. The LMFP cells will also make it possible to charge an electric vehicle very quickly: from 10 to 80% in 18 minutes. Note that the LMFP formula is not new. However, in the past, manufacturers have encountered serious problems with low conductivity and energy density.
Gotion’s Astroinno LMFP is set to enter mass production as early as the second quarter of 2024 at two of the company’s factories in Anhui Province, China. This is a great prospect for electric vehicles. On the other hand, Gotion isn’t the only company promising revolutionary autonomyregardless of battery chemistry.
It is not easy to evaluate the autonomy announced by the battery manufacturers when the cells have not yet been integrated into a vehicle. This PSMA formula nevertheless looks promising. Let’s hope that this beautiful theoretical breakthrough bears fruit.
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