UBS raises LFP global battery market share outlook to 40% by 2030

UBS analysts said Aug. 16 they expect iron-based lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries to represent 40% of the global battery market by 2030, 25 percentage points higher than previous projections, due to improved driving range performance from LFP batteries and growing interest from battery producers to seek alternatives to the more common high-nickel content battery chemistries. “The main reason for the revision…