On March 4, according to the data monitored by the business news agency, the average price of lithium iron phosphate, a domestic premium power product, was 43000 yuan / ton as of March 3. 2021 is a year in which lithium iron phosphate is expected to counter attack. Just entering January, the average market price of lithium iron phosphate was 37000 yuan / ton. In February, the average market price rose to 41000 yuan / ton, up 10.81% from the same period in January. In March, the momentum of price rise still did not stop, and the price soared to 43000 yuan / ton, up 16.22% from the same period in January, or 6000 yuan / ton.

In terms of enterprises, the latest quotation of power lithium iron phosphate of German nano, beiteri, Guanghua technology and other enterprises has risen to 45000 yuan / ton today (March 4).

Behind the rise in the price of lithium iron phosphate, there is a substantial increase in market demand.

According to the analysis of Kaiyuan securities, this round of price rise of lithium iron phosphate is mainly driven by the improvement of supply and demand pattern brought by the strong recovery of the demand side, as well as the follow-up catalysis of raw material lithium carbonate. In the medium and long term, lithium iron phosphate batteries have high cost performance in energy storage and electric vehicles, but the overseas market has not yet been opened. It is expected that with the promotion of relevant demonstration models and projects, a new cycle of lithium iron phosphate will come.

According to the latest data of China automotive power battery industry innovation alliance, the output of lithium iron phosphate batteries in China in January 2021 was 5.2gwh, accounting for 43.1% of the total output, with a year-on-year increase of 493.6%; The loading capacity of lithium iron phosphate battery was 3.3gwh, with a year-on-year increase of 349.8%. Last year, the cumulative loading volume of lithium iron phosphate batteries in China was 24.4gwh, accounting for 38.3% of the total loading volume, with a cumulative increase of 20.6% year-on-year, which was the main product driving the overall year-on-year increase in loading volume.

On February 26, in order to meet the challenge of nickel shortage, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on twitter that in the future, all standard endurance models of model 3 will be equipped with lithium iron phosphate batteries.

On March 3, Xiaopeng announced that it plans to launch lithium iron phosphate models: Xiaopeng P7 launched a rear drive standard range model, and Xiaopeng G3 added a 460C model. Among them, the Xiaopeng P7 rear drive standard range model has two versions, Zhixiang version and supreme version, both of which use lithium iron phosphate batteries. The new 460C model is also equipped with lithium iron phosphate battery.

In addition, the recently popular Wuling Hongguang Mini EV and BYD Han EV are also equipped with lithium iron phosphate batteries.

According to the data released by Research Institute EV sales on March 2, Wuling Hongguang Mini EV ranked first with 37000 vehicles in the global electric vehicle sales ranking in January this year.

BYD Han EV sold 12103 vehicles in January this year, becoming the first high-end C-class car sold more than 10000 vehicles in China's automotive industry, and continues to stabilize the top four camps of 250000 class medium and large cars.

Chuancai Securities believes that new energy vehicles are the trend of future development. Today, with the increasing penetration of electric vehicles, safety has become a crucial link. The material characteristics of lithium iron phosphate determine that it is superior to ternary cathode materials in terms of safety. Electric vehicles equipped with lithium iron phosphate batteries also rarely have spontaneous combustion events. With the decline of subsidies for new energy vehicles, cost control has become a key issue for major vehicle enterprises. Compared with the ternary battery module, the cost of lithium iron phosphate battery is about 10% lower, and the upstream raw material supply is sufficient, which still has room to continue to decline. The cost advantage also makes lithium iron phosphate battery win the favor of downstream vehicle enterprises. Article source:Battery net