These battery fires will be a thing of the past when the new CATL batteries gets into production later this year..
CATL Qilin batteries, which could be fitted with both nickel and iron-based cells, integrate thermal pads, the liquid cooling plate, and the cross bracing to create what could be described as structural cooling. The structural cooling is placed between each row of prismatic battery cells, and the cells themselves are placed into the pack directly without any modules.
BYD Blade Batteries, which are already in production, use iron-based prismatic cells, inegrate liquid cooling, thermally conductive material though these cells are longer and thinner than those used by CATL. The cells are then stretched across the BYD Blade battery pack, allowing the cells themselves to replace conventional steel beams.
BYD’s Blade LFP battery has a – energy density rating of 7, Safety rating of 10 and cooling rating of 9.
CATL’s Qilin 3 LFP battery has a – energy density rating of 7, safety rating of 9 and a cooling rating of 10
CATL Qilin 3 NCM battery has a energy density rating of 10, safety raing of 6 and a cooling rating of 10.
LFP – lithium iron phosphate NCM – Lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxides (higher battery density)
With NCM battery’s you can more easily get a fire, but thats not to say LFP are 100% fire proof but, are generally seen as safer.