Slate SF Bay Event - Hollister, CA - Swank Farms Fall Experience (& Photos Update)

[KevinRS]

Wonder of the possibility of a longer range, less expensive LPF battery as standard, maybe 175+ miles.

How would they get longer range out of LPF? Lower cost yes, but the tradeoff is lower energy density, so they would need a physically larger and heavier pack to even match the NMC range.

 

[sodamo]

How would they get longer range out of LPF? Lower cost yes, but the tradeoff is lower energy density, so they would need a physically larger and heavier pack to even match the NMC range.

i don’t know, just guessing there was some wiggle room in the statement
”Eric Keipper, Slate’s head of engineering, said the automaker could’ve managed the 150-mile range of its base vehicle with LFP cells. But energy density would’ve been a problem for the longer-range, 240-mile version. That makes sense, given that the Slate truck is pretty tiny and there’s only so much space in the floor for battery cells. “

 

[GaRailroader]

i don’t know, just guessing there was some wiggle room in the statement
”Eric Keipper, Slate’s head of engineering, said the automaker could’ve managed the 150-mile range of its base vehicle with LFP cells. But energy density would’ve been a problem for the longer-range, 240-mile version. That makes sense, given that the Slate truck is pretty tiny and there’s only so much space in the floor for battery cells. “

I think I would still prefer the LFP if it was 200 mile range versus the NMC at 240.

 

[sodamo]

I think I would still prefer the LFP if it was 200 mile range versus the NMC at 240.

Would definitely work to my advantage. Longest planned drive is 160 miles.