Tesla May Be Striking a Huge Deal With China to Bring LFP Battery Cells to the US And it could boost EV production by over 500,000 EVs per year. By Brad Bergan Dec 21, 2021 A Tesla Model 3 (left), and several LFP battery cells wired in series and parallel (right). 1 , 2 Despite mounting tensions, U.S. and China-based companies are making deals. A company in China called Gotion High-Tech has landed a deal with a major U.S. automaker to supply lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells, according to an unconfirmed report from Electrek . This wouldn't in itself...