The Powerful Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery

Knock, knock, knock------

The office door was knocked on.

Xu Yifan, sitting behind his desk, closed the game on his computer screen and said calmly, "Come in."

The door opened, and Lu Jingping walked in with a smile.

"Boss, our battery lab has finally lived up to expectations and completed the research and development of the new lithium iron phosphate battery!"

Even though he already knew the detailed information about this technology through the system, Xu Yifan still asked, "How is the performance of our battery?"

Lu Jingping briefly explained the battery's information.

"The performance is very good, with an energy density of 150Wh/kg.

It has good high and low-temperature performance, capable of reaching 65% capacity at minus twenty degrees Celsius.

Although due to the inherent limitations of the material, it's still not comparable to ternary lithium batteries, it's not far off.

In terms of cycle life, it still has over 80% capacity after 5,000 cycles, making it the top-tier lithium iron phosphate battery in the country right now!

However, this was produced under laboratory conditions. Considering cost and manufacturing processes, the final mass-produced performance might be slightly worse."

After listening carefully, Xu Yifan murmured.

"Energy density, I remember that current lithium iron phosphate batteries are mostly around 80-100Wh/kg due to material limitations, and rarely reach 110-130Wh/kg.

With 150Wh/kg, our battery is already top-tier right now!"

"The capacity in low-temperature environments can reach 65%. I remember BYD, which I learned about before, seems to only be around 60% with their current battery technology."

"At the same time, in terms of high-temperature performance, lithium iron phosphate is also safer. Even if short-circuited, it would need to reach seven hundred degrees to spontaneously combust, and it's difficult for accidents to happen even with a short circuit!"

"The preparation technology for lithium iron phosphate is much lower in manufacturing cost compared to ternary lithium batteries, which require rare metal nickel and cobalt materials.

Lithium iron phosphate materials are relatively simple and cheap to obtain. Besides lithium, only phosphate rock and iron ore are needed for synthesis."

"Lithium iron phosphate batteries and ternary lithium batteries each have their pros and cons. Ternary has high energy density, is expensive, relatively less stable, and prone to spontaneous combustion, but has good low-temperature performance.

Lithium iron phosphate batteries are heavier, cheaper, but not prone to fire, with lower performance in winter, and more charging cycles.

For the Jiuzhou Automobile Factory today, the more stable, lower manufacturing cost, longer lifespan, and less demanding manufacturing technology of lithium iron phosphate is more suitable."

"Five thousand cycles. Even if charged once a day, it can last for five thousand days, which is over thirteen years. And after more than a decade, it will still have 80% of the new car's range.

Even with a hundred-kilometer range, ordinary families only need to charge it once every few days, meaning there's basically no need to worry about battery cycle life!"

"Instead of worrying about the battery, it's better to worry about other components of the vehicle failing after ten or twenty years, as the probability is much higher than the battery!"

Seeing that the Boss had so easily explained the battery technology that most people hadn't paid attention to, Lu Jingping couldn't help but praise, "Boss is amazing!"

Xu Yifan was also very happy, his smile uncontrollable. "With such an excellent battery, the factory's development plan will be easier to carry out."

In fact, compared to battery technology from over a decade later, this battery was only average.

But it was currently 2009, and this was enough for Jiuzhou Automobile to be far ahead of its competitors!

After chatting with Lu Jingping about the various performance aspects of the new lithium iron phosphate battery, Xu Yifan remembered the heroes who hadn't gone home for the holidays and asked, "By the way, where are the guys now?"

Lu Jingping replied, "They are still in the laboratory handling some finishing work. I came to notify you, Boss, as soon as the project was completed."

After speaking, he sighed again, "Honestly, everyone can't quite believe that we actually developed the new lithium iron phosphate battery in such a short time."

Lu Jingping smiled and said, "Everyone says it's the Boss's financial offensive that made us tireless and as if divinely aided!"

Xu Yifan chuckled, shook his head, "It's because you are all capable. Without you, no amount of money would have made it possible to complete the research and development of this technology in such a short time."

"Call everyone out tonight for a good meal to celebrate. Barbecue, hot pot, foot massages, let's go! We need to properly reward everyone!"

"You tally it up later and see what everyone wants to eat."

Lu Jingping laughed, "Several people in the team are really looking forward to the Boss taking us out to have fun!"

With a knowing smile, Xu Yifan continued:

"Oh, and about the upcoming work arrangements, I promised everyone before that after the battery project was completed, they could have compensatory leave.

Once everyone's work arrangements are completed, they can start.

However, it will be done in shifts, as we discussed before, with one group resting first and then another.

We can't have everyone resting at once, or the factory construction will have to stop.

Now is a critical time, and we can't let everyone rest well.

The factory is just starting, and problems can easily arise if we're not careful. I know everyone has been working hard and hasn't rested for a long time.

Once the factory is on the right track, everything will be as it should be: annual leave, weekends off, better accommodation and R&D environments, and so on."

Lu Jingping nodded in understanding, "I've already told everyone about the staggered leave, and they are all very understanding.

Actually, everyone is already very satisfied with the current working environment. Of course, if it could be even better, I believe everyone would be very happy!"

Xu Yifan thought for a moment, "Also, patent registration needs to be done next.

Hmm, I forgot to mention it in the meeting a couple of days ago. As the factory grows, we need to have a complete legal department."

I'll have Old Ma work overtime later to set up a simple legal framework these couple of days.

Wait a couple of days, and I'll bring one of our brothers along with our factory's legal department to sort out the patent registration for the new lithium iron phosphate battery.

"Okay, let Qiu Haowei go with you then. He's quite familiar with patent registration.

Besides, based on our previous conversation, he isn't particularly eager to go home and rest. On the contrary, he'll definitely be happy to go on a business trip with the Boss in a fancy car!"

Xu Yifan nodded slightly, thought for a moment, and felt there was nothing else to arrange for now. "This should be about it."

"Alright, you go back and inform everyone about the upcoming work arrangements, tidy up the lab, and we'll drink until we drop tonight!"

Lu Jingping nodded in agreement and quickly left.

The office returned to silence, and Xu Yifan remained quiet.

Everything that needed to be assigned had been assigned, and all departments were expanding at full speed, moving towards the set goals.

Next, he just needed to handle one last matter before he could rest easy and wait.

In two to three months, the Jiuzhou Automobile Factory would enter a period of great development.

And this matter was the production capacity issue that had been constraining the Jiuzhou Automobile Factory's development all along.

It was time to visit a few automobile factories within the province and discuss contract manufacturing.

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