CATL reveals ‘Superfast Charging Battery,’ boasts 250 mi range with 10-min charge

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CATL, as you may or may not know, has been making many big moves in the battery industry with partnerships with Ford, Tesla, Mercedes, and Volkswagen.

CATL reveals ‘Superfast Charging Battery,’ boasts 250 mi range with 10-min charge
https://electrek.co/2023/08/16/catl-new-...mi-10-min/

CATL launches condensed battery with an energy density of up to 500 Wh/kg, enables electrification of passenger aircraft
https://www.catl.com/en/news/6015.html

Future Sodium-Ion Batteries Could Be Ten Times Cheaper for Energy Storage
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2023/09/fu...orage.html

CATL to land, but not to own its first EV battery plant in the US
https://en.pingwest.com/a/11367

For the record, climate change is real!

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One significant issue with buying an electric car is charging it while away from home.

Tesla has partnered with Ford and GM to open up their charging network to them.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/09/tesla-fo...ships.html

Tesla: Here’s the Supercharger network that Rivian, Ford, and GM are joining
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-sup...31215.html

Additionally, Tesla's charging plug, which is half the size of a traditional EV plug, is now available to everyone.
https://www.tesla.com/blog/opening-north...g-standard

(Gray traditional EV charging plug versus Telsa's in black)

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EV battery catches fire, been reading more of these, what gives?! https://www.nbcnews.com/business/busines...-rcna68153

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EV battery catches fire, been reading more of these, what gives?! https://www.nbcnews.com/business/busines...-rcna68153

They call that thermal runaway.

This was a significant problem when lithium batteries were used in planes like the Boeing 787, which led to the grounding of the aircraft for over a year after batteries caught fire in several instances.

This is also the reason why they restrict power banks to a 27,000 mAh limit, and they don't allow them in checked baggage because you never know when one of these might catch fire.

LFP or LiFePO4 batteries do not have this issue of thermal runaway.

[bjcheung77]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking, it has to be different technology... that article was a few months old anyways, things would have been at least looked at and improved on (hopefully, at least I would think so, companies want to keep their R&D)

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Tesla to build small new LFP battery cell factory with CATL machines
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-battery-...nt-report/

They are saying these batteries will only be used for megapacks, which looks like a PR attempt to downplay the news to U.S. regulators. I would suspect these batteries will go into cars soon, as Telsa has used LFP cells in cars.

Here's another conspiracy theory for you guys:
Telsa and other car manufacturers are likely keeping quiet about the new 10-15 min fast-charging batteries that will be released in mass production in the next 1-2 years, so you will keep buying cars with slow-charging batteries.

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EV LFP Battery Price War at Less Than $56 per kWh Within Six Months
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/01/ev...onths.html

At around $85 a kWh, it becomes the same cost to make an electric car versus a gasoline car.

This is HUGE news!

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Here is some more battery news. 

CATL Unveils Shenxing Plus: The World's First LFP Cell With 4C Ultra-Fast-Charging Tech and 500 mile range
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/catl-...32955.html

BYD and CATL To Produce EV Batteries That Fully Charge in 10 Min by the End of 2024
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/by-th...35494.html

Tesla's V2 Superchargers reach charging speeds of 150 kW
Tesla's V3 Superchargers reach charging speeds of 250 kW
Tesla's V4 Superchargers reach charging speeds of 350 kW

To charge batteries in 10 minutes, we'll need even faster charging speeds of around 500 kW to 750 kW. We need fast charging not only for convenience but also to reduce queues and the number of superchargers needed to support the entire fleet of electric cars. 

Google-backed Gravity claims the fastest charging in America at 500 kW
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/114...in-america

Huawei rolls out ultrafast 600 kW EV chargers in China, taking on Tesla
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Electr...g-on-Tesla