Talk:Lithium iron phosphate battery
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++Lar: t/c 13:47, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
Is this a NPOV violation? The article describes advantages with scant discussion of disadvantages. If this technology was invented almost 10 years ago and has not reached widespread commercial use yet, is there a more serious disadvantage than listed?141.151.74.115 17:09, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
The technology (MIT brand) was licensed by a company now called A123 Systems and is in the new DeWalt line of power tools. Recent agreements between A123, Cobasys and GM also suggest hybrid applications for the technology in the future. Joel Gouker 22:42, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
The wording in comparison to "normal" lithium batteries is fishy. There are quite a lot of different lithium batteries, both primary and rechargeable. What is the "normal" here ? Lithium cobalt, lithium manganese or what ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Savuporo (talk • contribs) 09:24, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Power density
It looks like one of Valence's products offers about 100 watt-hours per kilogram; is that typical? Is that more or less than NiMH? James S. 05:01, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] False claim re Prius?
The lead-in paragraph claims the first link mentions that "a Toyota Prius powered by their batteries obtained 125+ MPG" yet nowhere in the linked document does it even mention the Prius. Is the "cite" link just misplaced, maybe belonging just before that clause? PeterHansen 02:16, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
- I think the company ads should be removed from the introduction. Marketing claims for this or that fuel consumption are just that - marketing claims. Everything depends on the duty cycle: if a PHEV is driven only a few miles each day the gas mileage is virtually infinite, because the engine will never turn on; if you drive the same vehicle 500 miles in a day you'll probably get about 60 mpg. Claims of this nature probably shouldn't be in an encyclopedia. - BatteryGuy 02:56, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Use by OLPC
This battery technology is being used in the XO Laptop, produced by www.laptop.org The One Laptop per Child outfit. (They'll also have a NiMH battery available.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bizzybody (talk • contribs) 06:15, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] History
"LiFePO4 was developed by John Goodenough's research group at the University of Texas in 1997." I think this is a rather bold or careless statement as a 1967 article in Acta Crystallographica by Santoro and Newnham discussed antiferromagnetism in LiFePO4. Reference: Acta Cryst. (1967). 22, 344-347 [ doi:10.1107/S0365110X67000672 ] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.112.1.3 (talk) 10:20, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
