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Battery Report 2021, page 16: Key Trends
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Cost

Safety

Lifetime

Abundance of iron NMC Strength

Energy density

Low temperature performance

Power

LFP Weakness

Weight

Energy density

Low temperature performance

Power

NMC Weakness

Cost

Safety

Ni/Co supply chain

Lifetime

LFP Opportunity

Low/mid-range/entry EVs

e-Bus, e-Bicycle

Stationary storage

Cost sensitive applications NMC Opportunity

Long range/high-end EVs

Stationary storage

e-Bus, e-Bicycle, e-Motor

Power tools / performance sensitive applications

LFP Threat

NMC/high-voltage LNMO

Na-ion Battery

Regulations on energy density

Increasing material cost

NMC Threat

LFP/high-voltage spinel LNMO

Regulations on thermal propagation

Increasing raw material cost

Given the same cell dimensions, cell performance metrics using LFP and high nickel NMC as cathodes

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