LG New Energy: Provide a better "source" power for China's electric vehicles

With the rapid development of the global new energy vehicle market, industry insiders predict that electric vehicles will be popularized at a faster rate and may reach a penetration rate of more than 30% in 2030

According to the relevant person in charge of LG New Energy, the company not only cooperates with China Gapai Nickel Cobalt Company, but also signed a 6-year supply contract with Australian AM Company to ensure 71,000 tons of nickel and 7,000 tons of cobalt in August this year; 6 In December, it signed a 10-year supply contract of 70,000 tons of nickel and 7,000 tons of cobalt with Australia’s QPM

The acquisition of the shares of Gapai Nickel and Cobalt, including the purchase of battery materials contracts signed with several other companies, is not only to "prepare food" for the company's Chinese factories

When asked how LG Energy views the current electric vehicle battery market, especially the Chinese market, the relevant person in charge of LG New Energy told a reporter from China Chemical Industry News: "The growth of the global electric vehicle market is being driven by'regulations' to'users.

In view of the new characteristics of the market development, in terms of the research and development of electric vehicle batteries, the relevant person in charge of LG New Energy also pointed out that at present, the main challenges facing the company are the need to work hard to solve consumer problems such as the range, cost, and safety of new energy vehicles.

"Through initial and long-term investment, we have accumulated the world's leading battery technology research and development and production capabilities, and based on soft pack batteries, cylindrical batteries to bring customers diversified solutions

According to reports, while the high-nickel quaternary lithium battery added with aluminum has the advantage of high energy density, compared to the ternary 8-series materials, it will greatly reduce the peak discharge heat flow and increase the peak temperature, so it has a very excellent Thermal stability

Recently, LG New Energy and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) jointly developed a new generation of all-solid-state battery technology that overcomes the difficulty of charging in an environment above 60°C in the past, and achieves a technological breakthrough that can be quickly charged at room temperature.

　　LG New Energy removed the conductive materials and adhesives in the negative electrode of the all-solid-state battery, and adopted the "micro-silicon negative electrode material" with a particle size of about 5um.