BYD has reportedly received 10 GWh of orders from Tesla for LFP batteries

Re:BYD has reportedly received 10 GWh of orders from Tesla f... by LgWoodenBadger on Thursday October 21, 2021 @09:23PM (#28952791)

Weren’t LiFePO4 the batteries that need to be charged in fireproof bags because they have a tendency to spontaneously combust?

Those were the horror stories I read about back when I had some for my Walkera rc helicopter.

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Re:BYD has reportedly received 10 GWh of orders from Tesla f... by fspeech on Thursday October 21, 2021 @09:33PM (#28952849)

Wang Chuan-Fu, BYD's CEO, drinks battery fluid to prove a point https://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/14/wang-chuan-fu-byds-ceo-d...

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Re:BYD has reportedly received 10 GWh of orders from Tesla f... by timetopay on Thursday October 21, 2021 @09:57PM (#28952980)

uncharged battery fluid may be inert, but once you put all of that energy in there, the story changes drastically

that said, LiFePO4 is a pretty safe technology at this point

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Re:BYD has reportedly received 10 GWh of orders from Tesla f... by SECProto on Thursday October 21, 2021 @09:30PM (#28952828)

I think those were LiPo batteries - i.e. lithium polymer. Same kind in a certain infamous phone that was banned from flights.

LiFePO4 are lithium iron phosphate.

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Re:BYD has reportedly received 10 GWh of orders from Tesla f... by AYBABTME on Thursday October 21, 2021 @09:28PM (#28952820)

Nope, that's probably LiPo you're thinking of. LiFePO4 doesn't catch fire much.

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Re:BYD has reportedly received 10 GWh of orders from Tesla f... by sudosysgen on Thursday October 21, 2021 @10:59PM (#28953272)

You're thinking of Li-Po, not LiFePO4.

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