Berdichevsky: Global overcapacity in LFP battery production is driving low costs
Gene Berdichevsky · The EV market’s awkward teenage years · Jul 25, 2024 · at 18:01
Gene Berdichevsky, CEO of Sila Nanotechnologies, explains how massive global LFP production overcapacity hinders alternative chemistries from competing on price.
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“And we are so Over capacity in the world on, on battery production today of LFP, which is part of the reason why the costs are so low”
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