Mobility
Slate switches to Gotion LFP battery from SK On NMC, keeps price and boosts range
U.S. electric vehicle startup Slate has switched the battery for its electric pickup truck due for release this year from a nickel-cobalt-manganese (NMC) chemistry to lithium iron phosphate (LFP), and changed its supplier from SK On to Gotion. The company plans to use LFP packs made at Gotion’s Illinois plant, citing cost and supply-chain considerations. Slate set the base price at $24,950 and said range rises to 205 miles, while peak output falls to 181 horsepower.
