Electromobility New CATL battery: A thousand kilometers to the charging stop

From sp-x | Translated by AI 1 min Reading Time

LFP batteries are inexpensive, but so far not very efficient. CATL apparently changed that.

CATL continues to work on its LFP battery.(Image: CATL)
CATL continues to work on its LFP battery.
(Image: CATL)

The Chinese battery manufacturer CATL has introduced an electric car battery with a range of 1,000 kilometers. The storage uses a cell chemistry based on lithium iron phosphate (LFP). These are cheaper than nickel-based cells but have a lower energy density. The supplier does not provide details on capacity, but no other LFP batteries with four-digit ranges are known.

The variant presented at the Beijing Auto Show is a further development of the Shenxing battery introduced last summer with a range of 700 kilometers at that time. Besides improved energy density, the technology is supposed to score with short charging times: As the company reported, the new "Plus" version charges energy for 600 kilometers in ten minutes.

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