Blade battery

Blade battery is a type of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery for electric vehicles designed and manufactured by FinDreams Battery, a subsidiary of Chinese manufacturing company BYD.[1][2][3]

Safety controversies

BYD claims that "EVs equipped with the Blade Battery would be far less susceptible to catching fire – even when they are severely damaged."[1][4]

However, In July 2021, a BYD Han EV with Blade batteries was crash-tested in China (car-to-car crash test) versus Arcfox Alpha-S. At about 48 hours after the test, nothing happened to the Arcfox Alpha-S, only the BYD Han car caught fire and burned to the ground.[5][6] On November 15, 2021, a BYD Tang EV (with Blade batteries[7]) caught fire in a workshop in Kristiansand, Norway.[8]

References
  1. Lambert, Fred (August 5, 2021). "Tesla is reportedly going to buy BYD's new 'blade batteries' in an unlikely partnership".
  2. Lima, Pedro (August 10, 2021). "This is why BYD Blade battery is ahead of competition - 🔋PushEVs". pushevs.com.
  3. Shirouzu, Norihiko (December 3, 2021). "EXCLUSIVE Toyota turns to Chinese tech to reach its electric holy grail" – via www.reuters.com.
  4. "BYD'S NEW BLADE BATTERY SET TO REDEFINE EV SAFETY STANDARDS". BYD North America.
  5. Chen, James (2021-07-29). "BYD Han EV suffers in independent crash testing". CarNewsChina. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  6. "汉EV对撞极狐阿尔法S后竟起火，比亚迪官方紧急回应" [The Han EV caught fire after colliding with the Arcfox Alpha-S, BYD's official emergency response]. Sina Finance (in Chinese). 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  7. "比亚迪e购商城" (in Chinese).
  8. Vegge, Tormod Flem (2021-11-16). "Fikk elbil ut av verksted før den tok fyr: – Har aldri skjedd før" [Got the electric car out of the workshop before it caught fire: – Never happened before]. Fædrelandsvennen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2021-11-23.
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