Pack Analysis: BYD Blade vs CATL Qilin vs Tesla 4680 Structural

Which next generation battery pack is best and are there any advantages to each design? That's the topic for today: A pack level analysis of the BYD Blade vs CATL Qilin vs Tesla 4680 Structural batteries. In short, they're all awesome packs that just happen to take different approaches based on the strategies of the companies that designed them.

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Timeline
00:00 Intro
02:05 Why am I Leaving out GM and Ford?
04:25 Basic Design Analysis: Blade / Qilin / 4680
05:49 Caveats and Why I didn’t Include Charge Speed
07:58 Rigidity Analysis
09:32 Energy Density
11:02 Cooling Analysis
11:42 What do I Mean by Safety?
14:20 Safety Analysis
17:27 Cost Analysis
19:43 Initial Summary Table
20:30 Full Table with Commentary
24:16 Final Table: Tesla’s Perspective
26:37 Summary

Intro Music by Dyalla: Homer Said