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Little known?
That's ridiculous. They pretty much control the LFP market.
I don't even know what LFP means so~
Little Feet People.
No it's Large Fluffy Penguins
Lithium iron phosphate. A type of lithium battery chemistry.
LiFePO4, it's the current standard chemistry for most high current applications
https://archive.is/e4U1i
That's still far from little known. If we're going by public perception, nobody knows wtf BYD is either. If we're going by industry knowledge, both are 300 lb gorillas. And I'm suspecting something wrong with that number, because CATL was the undisputed big boy in vehicle batteries a couple years ago.
https://web.archive.org/web/20231118144913/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/22/business/china-catl-electric-car-batteries.html