“For nearly a decade, the industry’s working assumption was simple: killing range anxiety in long-range EVs required high-nickel ternary batteries. That market assumption, however, just collapsed in China…

Every Datang runs on what BYD calls its second-generation Blade Battery, which analysts believe — based on patent filings and its 3.8-volt platform — uses Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate, or LMFP, chemistry.

BYD has not officially confirmed the cathode material, and a regulatory filing for an earlier Blade 2.0 vehicle described a standard LFP pack, so the transition isn’t fully settled. Either way, the formulation drops nickel and cobalt in favor of lithium, iron, phosphorus and manganese.

On paper, BYD rates Datang’s top-tier pack at 950 kilometers of CLTC range. On the asphalt, its top-tier option, a 130.15-kWh pack, reportedly delivers real-world highway range well above 600 kilometers — within striking distance of what drivers expect from a comparable gasoline-fueled SUV.”

From Asia Times.