> Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) says its new battery is capable of powering a vehicle for more than a million miles (1.2 million, to be precise - or 1.9 million km) over a 16-year lifespan.
I keep being told Tesla has some big tech advantage, but here they are buying the same batteries as everyone else.
They have some unique new patents on battery tech like this one: https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2020082019A1/
A single crystal cathode significantly reduces stress as it has fewer seams. This video provides a great explanation if you're interested in the technical details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=11&v=dpe-ajzucTE
That was until China has more electric vehicles sold than rest of the world combined. They made 95% of all electric buses in the world. So the economy of scale somewhat shifted. And the rest comes with continual investment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle_industry_in_C...
Might have been written by a bot.
Sure, there are minor improvements to chemistry as well, but AFAIK, nothing on the order of price reduction that happened in the last decade.
