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    1 day ago

    Aditionally, the LFP cells from BYD seem to be more efficient with fast charging, while Tesla’s cells get hot and need much better cooling - emphasis mine.

    Comparing this specific heating per volume, the Tesla 4680 cell creates around 2× of the heat to be dissipated at a 1 C load (Figure 8). Thus, when designing a system with the same power requirements, the cooling needed for the Tesla 4680 cells must dissipate approximately 2× more heat per volume than that needed for the BYD cell at the same load. Therefore, the LFP electrode design is more favorable for designing a cooling strategy for fast charging.

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      17 hours ago

      This is specific heating per volume. Considering that the Tesla cell has ~80% more volumetric energy density (643.3 Wh/l vs 355.3 Wh/l), if normalize the specific heating per unit of charge (instead of volume), the BYD cell is now only around 10% better.

      TLDR - the Tesla cell is 1.8 times the energy density so 2 times the heating for 1.8 times the charge added.

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        19 hours ago

        Thanks for your remark. It’s easy to misinterpret technical papers like this one from OP.