Lithium Battery Price or Not Affected by Lithium Price Fluctuation

The latest lithium rise in price, and the right The lithium battery The influence of price, has been the subject of Carnegie Mellon university in recent research.

Some recent reports that BYD and Tesla in the factory are in strengthen the control of the cost of materials, but lithium at Carnegie Mellon university's made it clear that prices will not impact too much.

"Because of the the battery Producers are racing to lithium producers purchasing, they found that the delay Lithium electricity Pool of production can promote its prices, since in the last six months, lithium prices more than doubled.

The problem has increased the electric car lithium-ion battery manufacturers concern. In order to solve this problem, Carnegie Mellon university, college of engineering, a new study found that lithium price increase is unlikely to significantly increase the end user, such as automotive or consumer batteries or the cost of the battery pack, although some manufacturers may reduce profit margins.

Even though lithium price higher than the historical average of 4 times, will not bring the battery price increase of 10%.

Higher lithium price is not good news, of course, but does not affect the future development of plug-in electric cars on the market.

"At Carnegie Mellon university study, this paper analyzes the variety Lithium ion batteries The composition of chemical reaction and battery, lithium to observe extreme price changes will have a significant impact. They observed the battery cost factors, the influence of lithium found that if prices up to $25 / kg, four times the average price history, found for battery quality and manufacturing cost, the influence factors of lithium is very small.

Although battery costs for battery energy density is one of the biggest, the influence of this requires more material input, even in the most extreme assumptions, the increased cost of batteries is not more than 10%.Engineering and PhD students of public policy, Rebecca Ciez explained.

Although this in a majority of the total cost is small, but for the lithium battery manufacturers influence is still relatively large, especially for the electric car battery manufacturers and the manufacturers of lower operating margins.

Another face to face, the higher price of lithium, can lead to different national research more economically feasible way of extracting lithium.

"The study also found another problem, due to the shortage of lithium, some investors also urged researchers to lithium alternatives."

"The source of the lithium is very rich, the current method is not the only source of lithium, is the cheapest method. In theory, if prices four times, extracting lithium from seawater will be the most economical channel."Professor of materials science and engineering and public policy Jay Whitacre said.

For battery manufacturers focus on the long-term future of lithium-ion batteries, Whitacre, said: "the pursuit of reason and there are many different chemical battery, but access to the lithium resources is not one of them."

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