F-150 Lightning getting LFP battery in 2024

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So it sounds like those of us that like to keep our vehicles for many years LFP battery technology would be best for us. Does that sound about right?

The biggest reason to take LFP is that you don't want to have to worry about battery health since it's actually beneficial for LFP to be charged to 100% regularly.

If you regularly take long trips or tow, you are better off taking the Large or Max pack for the Rivian since you do have the ability to put more energy in for those situations.

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[Trandall]

My Dad has the Lightning and I have a Mach-E as well both with LFP batteries. I am not buying any more EV's with LFP batteries unless the cold weather performance increases significantly. They can't be charged when cold so you end up using a lot of power to heat the battery to charge it. The range hit is massive in 0F temps. Also they technically cannot charge/ discharge quite as fast. Also they weigh more per KWH which affects vehicle dynamics/ performance. IMO LFP are absolutely not as good as NMC very glad Rivian went with the latter. Makes little difference if the pack wears out at 300K miles with an NMC vs. 500K miles with a LFP to me.

Edit: I keep finding conflicting info on Fords current battery chemistry. Evidentally Both the Lightning and the MME are using NMC batteries. My Dads lightning (~90 days old) just had a "bank" or "module" of his battery pack go bad. It's at the dealership awaiting a replacement.

 

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My Dad has the Lightning and I have a Mach-E as well both with LFP batteries. I am not buying any more EV's with LFP batteries unless the cold weather performance increases significantly. They can't be charged when cold so you end up using a lot of power to heat the battery to charge it. The range hit is massive in 0F temps. Also they technically cannot charge/ discharge quite as fast. Also they weigh more per KWH which affects vehicle dynamics/ performance. IMO LFP are absolutely not as good as NMC very glad Rivian went with the latter. Makes little difference if the pack wears out at 300K miles with an NMC vs. 500K miles with a LFP to me.

NMC aren't supposed to be charged if the pack is below freezing either. You just won't immediately turn the battery into scrap like with LFP.

 

[RVAir]

It has been noted that LFP batteries lose more capacity ( efficiency) in cold weather than more energy dense batteries.

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