"After considering many different cell types and chemistries, poring over mass and cost data, and designing many packs from start to finish, Clarke's team landed on lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells for the first vehicle to use the new architecture, a $30,000 midsize pickup truck scheduled for production next year. They will take on a prismatic shapea box instead of the cylindrical cells that Tesla favors or the slim, flexible pouches that went into the F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E."
"The rationale for using LFP seems self-evident if you've been following the battery space. Highly durable and far cheaper than the high-nickel cells that have historically dominated passenger vehicles, the chemistry has quickly gained popularity as the workhorse of the EV world. Globally, LFP battery packs cost $81 per kilowatt-hour at the end of 2025, compared with $128/kWh for nickel manganese cobalt packs, according to BloombergNEF."
A small Ford team made a high-stakes decision three years ago to commit to a battery chemistry and build dedicated manufacturing capacity. After evaluating multiple cell types, mass and cost data, and complete pack designs, Ford selected lithium iron phosphate (LFP) prismatic cells for its first Universal Electric Vehicle (UEV) architecture vehicle, an affordable midsize pickup. Ford plans to produce the cells at a new Michigan plant using technology licensed from CATL. LFP was chosen for its durability and substantially lower pack cost relative to high-nickel chemistries.
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