Re: BYD e6 Electric Taxi Burns After 112-MPH Drunk Supercar Driver Crash
 

Hyundai/Kia, Nissan, and Chevy/Opel are all using Lithium Manganese in their currently released cars.
Hyundai/Kia and Chevy/Opel are using LG Chem cells. Nissan is using AESC(Automotive Energy Supply Corporation) cells.

Tesla used Panasonic Lithium Cobalt in the Roadster and will be using Panasonic Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt(or something similar) in the Model S and X.

Re: BYD e6 Electric Taxi Burns After 112-MPH Drunk Supercar Driver Crash
 

Do you have a link stating that Hyundai/Kia are using Lithium Manganese? Everything I've ever read about the Sonata/Optima hybrids, including Hyundai's own specs page, says they are using Lithium Polymer.

Re: BYD e6 Electric Taxi Burns After 112-MPH Drunk Supercar Driver Crash
 

http://green.autoblog.com/2012/01/11...ntee-for-sona/

Click on the 'show press release', it describes that they are using LG Chem Lithium Manganese. Keep in mind that you can have different cell chemistries that are lithium polymer. Lithium polymer was traditionally only a Lithium Cobalt chemistry but it doesn't necessarily need to be. It's like when a car company says Lithium-ion, it could really be anything if that's all they say and Lithium Polymer is a bit of a blanket for the same thing.

Re: BYD e6 Electric Taxi Burns After 112-MPH Drunk Supercar Driver Crash
 

Thank you! That actually alleviates my long-held safety concerns about the Hyundai hybrids.

First time ANYWHERE I've seen a statement about the actual chemistry being used. Up until this point I had been under the impression that LiPo was necessarily lithium cobalt, and didn't realize that it could be a stupid blanket label like "Lithium-ion". Again, thanks for the clarification.

Re: BYD e6 Electric Taxi Burns After 112-MPH Drunk Supercar Driver Crash
 

I found out when I was watching videos about the Leaf, Volt, etc where GM said that the LG Chem cells they were using were similar Lithium Manganese cells but that the Hyundai ones were lower capacity but could handle a higher discharge rate in proportion to their smaller size.

Re: BYD e6 Electric Taxi Burns After 112-MPH Drunk Supercar Driver Crash
 

I believe GM is now using an NMC chemistry on the Volt, along with Hyundai.. and soon Nissan will start using that too.