- Catl presents the second generation of its “Shenxing” fast charging battery
- A five -minute load can add more than 320 miles
- Lithium-Hierro phosphate battery cells are cheaper than rivals rich in nickel
China EV giants are currently wrapped in a battery cargo career, since the tastes of Byd, Huawei and Zeekr recently announced that they had deciphered 1MW loading speeds for five -minute battery recharges.
Catl, which is the largest EV battery manufacturer in the world by a long road, has also joined the competition, announcing that its LFP battery (next -generation lithium ion phosphate) can add more than 320 miles in just five minutes of the appropriate quick but currently thin but currently thin -loading outputs.
Suppose the batteries will present in more than 67 new electric vehicles that will arrive this year, the director of Catl technology, Gao Huan, said that the goal is to make Shenxing technology “the standard” for electric vehicles.
But together with the company’s range technology, he also announced a densest sodium battery in energy, marked as Naxtra. This will offer a range of more than 300 miles, offering a much more affordable and safer option for current lithium and lead-acid batteries.
Catl says that technology achieves an energy density of 175Wh per kg, which puts it along with many of the today’s LFP Battery packages today that are found in products such as Byd, Tesla and Volvo.
In addition, with an abundance of sodium, it reduces the dependence of rare earth materials, which makes it much cheaper to manufacture and, therefore, could be introduced to EVs most affordable of entry level in the future.
China continues to drive EV technology forward
Together with its most affordable sodium base batteries and its ultra fast load packages, the company’s CTO also hinted at a new “double power” package design, which would allow two different chemical makeups to work in parallel.
Although there was little on the path of the real world examples on the recent technological day of the firm in Shanghai, Catl declared that two units of lithium ions with cathodes of nickel-marganese-cobalto (NMC) could offer a capacity of 180 kWh, by far eclipse the 100 or Talkwh ascended by the most expensive evs today.
This could effectively feed a small electric sedan for almost 950 miles before the battery packages work dry, practically doubling the range promoted by some of the most advanced electric vehicles for sale today.
Of course, this type of technology will be reserved for the richest automotive clientele of catl and integrated in premium models that the masses can only dream.
But the constant ‘leveling’ of the company’s battery technology means that even the most basic technology it offers is becoming dense, safer and faster to collect.
Could soon the days of long load stops and constantly interrupted electric road trips are soon behind us? Hopefully yes.
