Here, energy usage is estimated for two large-scale battery cell factories using publicly available data. It is concluded that these facilities use around 50–65 kWh (180–230 MJ) of electricity per kWh of battery capacity, not including other steps of the supply chain, such as mining and processing of materials.
This year, EV demand has stayed strong even as the average cost of lithium-ion battery cells soared to an estimated $160 per kilowatt-hour in the first quarter from $105 last year.
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This represented a 6% fall from $140/kWh in 2020. EV battery packs are made up of numerous interconnected modules that consist of tens to hundreds of rechargeable Li-ion cells. Collectively, these cells were assessed at 1 $101/kWh, or approximately 77% of a battery pack overall cost (Figure 2büï1 1XVXW1 Battery Price Survey predicted that the
The price of lithium-ion battery packs has dropped 14% to a record low of $139/kWh, according to analysis by research provider BloombergNEF (BNEF). This was driven by raw material and component prices falling as production capacity increased across all parts of the battery value chain, while demand growth fell short of some industry expectations.
(In 2010, a lithium-ion battery pack cost US$1,183 per kilowatt-hour. Less than a decade later, the price had dropped to nearly a tenth of that at US$156/kWh in 2019, according to BloombergNEF data)
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