In a life cycle assessment of the Volvo EX30 electric vehicle released Thursday, the automaker underscored that its upcoming compact EV has the lowest carbon footprint of any electric Volvo yet.
The team behind the EX30 analysis looked at two EX30 versions—one with the 69-kwh lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide (NMC) battery pack, the other with the 51-kwh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery pack. And it pointed to a very significant difference that makes the LFP version by far the greener pick.
“The NMC battery has an impact that is almost twice as high as the LFP battery, per pack,” Volvo summed, while it only offers 35% more capacity.
Volvo EX30 NMC vs LFP battery manufacturing CO2, future potential gains
That said, there’s a big asterisk to this conclusion pointing to the greenest EX30: Americans can’t choose it.
The LFP decision appears to go beyond the EX30 as…
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