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General Motors Buys Into the Thacker Pass Mining Craze, but on One Condition
General Motors Buys Into the Thacker Pass Mining Craze, but on One Condition

4 Feb 2023, 20:14 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / The giant American automaker is planning on making electric vehicles its bread and butter. But that can’t happen at once and without some rules

 
ZEEKR EV With 641-Mile Qilin Battery Pack Reveals Surprising Elements
ZEEKR EV With 641-Mile Qilin Battery Pack Reveals Surprising Elements

1 Jan 2023, 17:28 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The car will have only 1,000 units produced, and the battery pack offers a whopping 140 kWh of energy, which may make it pretty heavy

 
CATL Has Started Making Batteries In Germany in Its First Plant Outside China
CATL Has Started Making Batteries In Germany in Its First Plant Outside China

28 Dec 2022, 09:43 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Curiously, the plant is already doing battery modules since Q3 2021, but the local production of cells demanded a little more time to begin

 
Honda Buys 123 GWh's Worth of Batteries From CATL to Power Its Chinese Electric Cars
Honda Buys 123 GWh's Worth of Batteries From CATL to Power Its Chinese Electric Cars

9 Dec 2022, 10:03 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The deal will ensure a constant delivery of batteries from 2024 until 2030, meaning Honda will get around 17.6 GWh per year.

 
BMW Honors Its Top Suppliers, Gives Them an Award
BMW Honors Its Top Suppliers, Gives Them an Award

19 Nov 2022, 21:32 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / The last two years proved that is very important to have business partners that you can rely on even when things go south. BMW repays them with a ceremony

 
The New Volvo EX90 Uses CATL Batteries to Power Its Sophisticated Electric Drivetrain
The New Volvo EX90 Uses CATL Batteries to Power Its Sophisticated Electric Drivetrain

10 Nov 2022, 11:37 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The Volvo EX90 is a wonderful computer on wheels, but it’s also an accomplished electric car with an advanced drivetrain that deserves a more in-depth attention

 
Rising Auto Will Compete With NIO in Battery Pack Swapping With CATL's Help
Rising Auto Will Compete With NIO in Battery Pack Swapping With CATL's Help

23 Sep 2022, 17:47 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / With the Rising Auto R7, the company will start to swap battery packs in more than 3,000 battery swapping stations by 2025.

 
BMW Develops Its Own 4680 Cells, Contracts CATL and EVE Energy to Build Them
BMW Develops Its Own 4680 Cells, Contracts CATL and EVE Energy to Build Them

9 Sep 2022, 10:25 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The two Chinese suppliers and the German brand will build six 20-GWh new battery factories: two in China, two in Europe, and two in the USMCA area

 
Zeekr 009 Will Be the First EV to Adopt the CATL Qilin CTP 3.0 Battery Pack
Zeekr 009 Will Be the First EV to Adopt the CATL Qilin CTP 3.0 Battery Pack

27 Aug 2022, 17:18 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / That should happen in the first quarter of 2023. After that, Zeekr will give the 1,000-km (621-mi) Qilin battery pack to the 001.

 
Tesla Model 3 With CATL's M3P Battery to Launch in China, Offers Better Range, Lower Price
Tesla Model 3 With CATL's M3P Battery to Launch in China, Offers Better Range, Lower Price

22 Aug 2022, 12:58 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Chinese media report that Tesla Model 3 with an M3P battery will launch in China, offering a better range for less money than the current LFP variant

 
CATL Will Build 100 GWh Battery Plant in Hungary, and Mercedes-Benz Is Its First Customer
CATL Will Build 100 GWh Battery Plant in Hungary, and Mercedes-Benz Is Its First Customer

17 Aug 2022, 13:58 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / That means that the first batteries made there will probably be ternary, not the LFP cells CATL is now famous for manufacturing.

 
CATL Postpones Announcement About North American Plant Due to Pelosi's Visit to Taiwan
CATL Postpones Announcement About North American Plant Due to Pelosi's Visit to Taiwan

3 Aug 2022, 10:45 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Chinese battery giant was supposed to talk about it now, but it decided to postpone that to September or October so things could cool down

 
CATL Promises M3P Cells For 2023, But What Are They?
CATL Promises M3P Cells For 2023, But What Are They?

25 Jul 2022, 14:02 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / According to the Chinese battery maker, these batteries do not use the same chemistry as lithium manganese iron phosphate (LMFP) cells

 
New Li-Ion Chemistry Promises To Be the Holy Grail of EV Batteries
New Li-Ion Chemistry Promises To Be the Holy Grail of EV Batteries

13 Jul 2022, 16:13 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Chinese battery giant CATL announced Lithium Manganese Ferro-Phosphate (LMFP) battery that will enter mass production later this year

 
New Super-Fast Charging Technology Can Charge a Battery to 80% in Five Minutes
New Super-Fast Charging Technology Can Charge a Battery to 80% in Five Minutes

4 Jul 2022, 08:28 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / CATL’s Qilin batteries promise a 10-80% charging time of just 10 minutes, but the company claims it has the technology to cut that time in half

 
CATL Improves CTP 3.0 Battery Pack and Changes Its Name: It's Qilin, Not Kirin Anymore
CATL Improves CTP 3.0 Battery Pack and Changes Its Name: It's Qilin, Not Kirin Anymore

23 Jun 2022, 18:53 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company also released better numbers for the new battery pack and showed how superior it is to a battery pack with 4680 cells.

 
Toyota Warns That the bZ4X AWD Will Not Fast Charge Under 32ºF (0ºC)
Toyota Warns That the bZ4X AWD Will Not Fast Charge Under 32ºF (0ºC)

10 May 2022, 13:31 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The reason why the Japanese carmaker’s first dedicated electric vehicle may offer an incredibly extended battery pack warranty slowly unfolds

 
CATL $5 billion, 80-GWh Factory in the U.S. Will Supply Cells to BMW and Ford
CATL $5 billion, 80-GWh Factory in the U.S. Will Supply Cells to BMW and Ford

6 May 2022, 18:13 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Two states are among the most likely to receive the company’s first cell factory in the country: South Carolina and Kentucky

 
CATL's Kirin Battery Will Enter Volume Production, Will Not Be Used by Tesla
CATL's Kirin Battery Will Enter Volume Production, Will Not Be Used by Tesla

6 May 2022, 13:53 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / CATL prepares to officially unveil the Kirin battery with improved energy density compared to a large cylindrical battery with the same chemistry

 
EV Prices Are Poised To Skyrocket in the Face of Raw Materials Price Increases
EV Prices Are Poised To Skyrocket in the Face of Raw Materials Price Increases

3 May 2022, 18:13 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla’s supplier CATL will raise its battery prices after supply chain pressure mounted, leading to new EV price hikes that will further degrade affordability