Tesla’s Use of BYD’s Blade Battery Confirms Their Superiority Over Conventional Lithium Ion Packs

A leading manufacturer of electric cars in China, BYD, controls the lion's share of the country's electric vehicle industry.

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The company's ingeniously designed Blade battery technology is cheaper, safer, and a game-changer for the electric vehicle market.

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The Blade battery cells can fit together in an array, maximizing space by over 50% compared to traditional cylindrical lithium-ion phosphate batteries.

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The Blade battery uses lithium iron phosphate for the cathode material, and this technique promises better safety than conventional lithium-ion batteries.

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Blade battery by BYD has passed extreme tests, like a nail puncture test and a 46-ton truck rollover test, and passed them without any leakage, fire, or deformation.

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BYD's Blade battery reportedly came through in other tests successfully, including overcharging by 260%, crushing, bending, and heating in a furnace to 300 °C (572°F) without any damage.

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Even with the Blade battery's superior safety record, 11 fire incidents have been reported in BYD vehicles from 2020 to 2022, most of them involving the BYD Han.

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Tesla has begun using BYD's Blade batteries for Tesla Y cars manufactured in its Berlin Gigafactory, and rumors have emerged that it will use them for its proposed compact and affordable EV, Model 2.

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Tesla's use of BYD Blade batteries in its Berlin factory indicates that they are safer and more cost-effective than other EV batteries, including Tesla's batteries.

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