BYD: We Will Soon Supply Elon Musk With Batteries

BYD will soon supply batteries to Tesla, said Lian Yubo, the company's executive vice president and president of its automotive engineering research institute, in an interview with Kui Yingchun, host of state-owned media CGTN, according to a video of the interview released today.

In a new interview on a state-owned media channel in China this week, Lian Yubo, executive vice president and president of BYD’s automotive engineering research institute, was asked if he sees Tesla as competition.

He responded (via cnevpost):

Tesla is a very successful company no matter what, BYD respects Tesla and we admire Tesla. We are good friends with Elon Musk, and we will soon supply him with batteries. We are friends.

The new cells use LFP chemistry, and are much safer. Here is why these new BYD Blade batteries are safer.

BYD wrote in a press release:

While undergoing nail penetration tests, the Blade Battery emitted neither smoke nor fire after being penetrated, and its surface temperature only reached 30 to 60°C. Under the same conditions, a ternary lithium battery exceeded 500°C and violently burned, and while a conventional lithium iron phosphate block battery did not openly emit flames or smoke, its surface temperature reached dangerous temperatures of 200 to 400°C. This implies that EVs equipped with the Blade Battery would be far less susceptible to catching fire – even when they are severely damaged.

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Reference
CNEVPost https://cnevpost.com/2022/06/08/byd-to-supply-batteries-to-tesla-exec-confirms/
Electrek https://electrek.co/2022/06/08/byd-supplying-tesla-tsla-battery-cells/

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