Recently, some Chinese media exposed the catalog information of the 333rd batch of “Road Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Enterprises and Products” of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Among them, the Tesla Model 3 China version produced by the Shanghai plant is equipped with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries.
From the application chart, the appearance of Tesla Model 3 has not changed; in the application information, the body length, width and height dimensions are 4694mm / 1850mm / 1443mm, wheelbase is 2875mm, the motor model is 3D1, maximum power is 202kW, which is consistent with the current model.
The declaration information shows that the manufacturing enterprise is “Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.” and the type of battery energy storage device is “lithium iron phosphate battery”. According to previous reports, the lithium iron phosphate batteries provided to Tesla by CATL are only used for both Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y China version, the supply period is from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2022.
At present, the Tesla Model 3 China version uses the NCM (nickel cobalt manganese) 811 cylindrical ternary lithium battery from LG. due to the cost of the lithium iron phosphate battery is lower than the cost of the ternary lithium battery, the Model 3 with lithium iron phosphate battery is replaced for reducing the cost of car manufacturing. If CATL begin to supply Tesla in July, the new car is expected to be delivered by October. For more information about this car, please stay tuned.
