{"id":42002,"date":"2022-06-08T14:42:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T14:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tesla-evs-byd-will-supply-batteries-to-good-friend-elon-musk-very-soon\/"},"modified":"2022-06-08T14:42:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T14:42:07","slug":"tesla-evs-byd-will-supply-batteries-to-good-friend-elon-musk-very-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tesla-evs-byd-will-supply-batteries-to-good-friend-elon-musk-very-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla EVs: BYD will supply batteries to &#8216;good friend&#8217; Elon Musk &#8216;very soon&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_BE0E2BA2-65E8-DBEF-B5CF-417C2150818D\">&#8220;BYD respects Tesla, and we also admire Tesla,&#8221; said Lian Yubo, BYD&#8217;s executive vice president, in a video interview with an anchor from CGTN.  &#8220;We are now good friends with Elon Musk, and we are going to supply him with batteries very soon,&#8221; he added.<\/div>\n<p>The video was released by the anchor on Chinese social media platform Weibo on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_BB0D07AF-E961-4943-8D1A-42296CBAE7C5\">BYD and <span>Tesla<\/span> <span>(<span class=\"inlink_chart\">TSLA<\/span>)<\/span> didn&#8217;t immediately respond to CNN Business&#8217; requests for comment.<\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_E3D53E10-41D9-6C28-1457-41AB4C0C073F\">BYD has been making its lithium iron phosphate (LFP) &#8220;Blade Batteries&#8221; since 2020, for use<strong> <\/strong>in its own cars and for sale to other auto makers, such as <span>Toyota<\/span> <span>(<span class=\"inlink_chart\">TM<\/span>)<\/span>.<strong> <\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_D942BD71-001B-D4CA-750E-41FA03BB26E2\">The company says the blade-shaped battery is thinner and longer than conventional lithium iron cells, and thus can maximize the use of available space within the battery pack.  It&#8217;s also less likely to catch fire even when it&#8217;s severely damaged, according to BYD.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_74CC4E55-FA46-D37C-0570-41CA3436024F\">Currently, Tesla uses LFP batteries supplied by Chinese firm CATL in nearly half of its cars.  Tesla also uses nickel and cobalt batteries, supplied by LG Energy Solution and <span>Panasonic<\/span> <span>(<span class=\"inlink_chart\">PCRFF<\/span>)<\/span>. <\/div>\n<div class=\"el__embedded el__embedded--standard\">\n<div class=\"el__storyelement--standard el__article--embed\">\n<div class=\"el__article--teaseimage\"><noscript><img alt=\"No cars were sold in Shanghai in April as zero-Covid policy hammers activity\" class=\"media__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/220516224655-empty-shanghai-street-0516-large-169.jpg?ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_FB3364F3-B516-0BDD-F2CC-41D1EF0DCC83\">Tesla&#8217;s China sales were strong at the start of this year, ranking the carmaker first among pure-electric brands.  It delivered 65,814 vehicles from its Shanghai factory in March, with the majority of those sold in the Chinese market.  That number was up 85% from a year ago. <\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_A1E4FC3C-CE2D-0520-1A28-41D30A863C8E\">But that was before authorities shut down Shanghai for two months to contain the city&#8217;s worst Covid outbreak.  Tesla&#8217;s sales dived 98% in April.<\/div>\n<p>BYD, which is one of the biggest sellers of new energy vehicles in China, wasn&#8217;t hit by the country&#8217;s sweeping lockdowns.  In April, BYD continued to dominate the market, selling a record 106,000 cars.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_80727BA2-A94D-F584-8A8C-419CADE1982F\">Analysts have attributed BYD&#8217;s resilience in sales to its &#8220;vertical integrated supply chain.&#8221;  The business model has made BYD less vulnerable to supply chain disruptions during China&#8217;s Covid lockdowns, while rivals had to cut back production because of chip and battery shortages.<\/div>\n<p><em>&#8211; CNN&#8217;s Beijing bureau contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;BYD respects Tesla, and we also admire Tesla,&#8221; said Lian Yubo, BYD&#8217;s executive vice president, in a video interview with an anchor from CGTN. &#8220;We are now good friends with Elon Musk, and we are going to supply him with batteries very soon,&#8221; he added. 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