battery

CATL announced on April 16 that Chinese vehicle brand Chery will be the first to adopt its Na-ion battery. Around the same time, Chery also announced that it will be collaborating with CATL to promote a branded Na-ion battery series known as ENER-Q. Additionally, both parties will jointly develop various types of batteries including Na-ion batteries, LFP batteries, and M3P batteries. Their solutions are expected to be incorporated into Chery’s mass-produced vehicle models such as the iCAR 03. ...  more

Chinese battery supplier Envision AESC formally signed the agreement with the governments of Ordos and Yijinhuoluo County for the development of the phase 2 of its Ordos battery project. The signing ceremony was held in Shanghai on April 14. ...  more

How can we make batteries in medical devices safer and lessen their impact on the human body? Recently, Italian scientists have developed a completely edible and rechargeable battery that can be safely ingested. ...  more

CATL announced its third-generation CTP (cell-to-pack) battery Qilin (Kirin) on June 23, 2022. Since then, the latest progress in the development of this solution for powering EVs has received widespread attention from the market. ...  more

Among the major types of cathode materials used in Na-ion batteries, Prussian blue (white) compounds have the advantages of high capacity, high C-rate, and low cost. Hence, suppliers for Na-ion batteries have been actively developing their capabilities to manufacture or obtain Prussian blue (white) compounds. ...  more

Lithium-ion battery is the component with the highest cost proportion for an electric vehicle. Generally speaking, li-ion batteries take more than a third of an EV's cost, or nearly 50%. However, according to the latest statistics,  between 2008 and 2021 , the costs of li-ion battery packs have  been falling  by as much as 87%. In the future, these costs are expected to keep falling. ...  more