Articles tagged "CATL"

Avatr 12 is an all-electric hatchback with a futuristic-looking exterior developed by CATL, Changan and Huawei. At its roots, Avatr was a joint venture porject between Changan New Energy and Nio, but Nio's shares were then acquired by CATL and other...

August 16th may go down in history as the game-changer day as China's battery behemoth, CATL, pulled the curtain back on their newest innovation, the Shenxing. This isn't some tiny trinket in the vast world of battery tech. The Shenxing, with its...

CATL is the leading battery manufacturer globally and also responsible for a lot of the innovation in the segment. In April, the company revealed a new condensed battery tech that could reach almost solid-state battery-level of energy density - 500...

The Avatr 12 is coming soon to take its place alongside the Avatr 11 in the brand's EV portfolio. Avatr is a joint venture between Changan and CATL, with Huawei providing a lot of parts for it even though it doesn't own any of its shares. Case in...

It feels like there is no week without some big battery announcement. While new electric cars are coming to the market all the time, it is the battery technology and charging infrastructure that holds back the transition. Only last month we reported...

Shenlan is an EV brand from Changan Auto, which enlisted help from Huawei and CATL to bring the brand to the market. Huawei provides the technology through the Huawei DriveONE program, while CATL provides battery power. Changan is responsible for...

Korean market researcher SNE Research came out with a January-February 2023 analysis revealing that CATL is still the largest EV battery maker in the world, taking a 33.9% share. BYD follows with 18.2% and LG Energy Solution is third with...

CATL unveiled its 3.0 CTP (cell-to-pack) Qilin battery back in 2022 and on paper, its specs look impressive. The battery production reportedly achieved the level required for reliable distribution, which means the first cars with the 1,000 km...

Shenlan S7 is the electric SUV from a joint venture between Huawei, CATL and Changan. While Changan makes other vehicles on its own, its new EV brand required support from the technology and battery giants. Although the S7 has been spotted before,...

According to reports in the local Chinese press, CATL has embarked on a program aimed at its core customers and it offers them substantial cost reduction for purchasing battery packs. The program is apparently only available to Nio, Li Auto, Huawei...

A newly launched EV that reaches customers adhering to the initially announced delivery timeline? That's a pretty rare sight these days, but one company that has managed to create just that is Avatr, the Chinese joint-venture between Changan, CATL,...

Japanese companies and especially Honda have been rather slow to get on the EV train so far, but things seem to be finally ramping up in recent times. Today Honda announced that it entered an agreement with CATL, the China-based world's biggest...

Is it possible to stop using lithium batteries and replace them with other, maybe better ones? Absolutely yes, at some point in the distant future our kids will look back at our use of lithium and say “what were they thinking?” Battery technology is...

When you see four of the biggest Chinese companies joining forces to do a business together, you know it’s a serious idea. When two of them are the two biggest oil producers and distributors, and the other two are the biggest battery manufacturer...

At the moment, the two most popular battery chemistries are the LFP and ternary batteries. The LFP ones use lithium, iron and phosphate and have a longer life, are safer to use, charge faster and are cheaper to make. The ternary batteries use...

Honda China, GAC Group and Dongfeng Motor signed an agreement to set up HDG Beijing Trading Service Co Ltd. This new joint-venture will handle battery procurement on behalf of the three companies. Honda, who already has a JV with both of the...

CATL announced its latest, third generation cell-to-pack battery in June of this year. The battery takes its name Qilin from a legendary creature which appears in Chinese mythology and signifies either arrival or passage of a highly regarded ruler....

The EV battery market is solidly dominated by Chinese players, with the latest report on the matter revealing that, when counted together, they're above 50% now - around 56%, in fact. For the first six months of 2022, CATL has kept its No.1...

Chinese battery manufacturing giant Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. (CATL) has a new battery coming out next year, and it's great news for the EV space. The new battery, called Qilin, will boost energy density in order to let the cars it...

CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd) is a global leader in EV battery manufacturing, producing 35% of all batteries made in the first quarter of this year globally. But with the demand only growing it has to scale the business up. We need...