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US climate U-turn offers China both challenges and opportunities

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Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s electric car batteries

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CATL’s EV battery breakthrough holds promise as cost-effective, game-changing alternative the industry’s waiting for

Sodium-ion batteries are seen as a promising alternative to resource-dependent lithium-ion batteries. Illustration: Brian Wang

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09 July 2018, Germany, Berlin: the CEO of the Chinese battery producer Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. (CATL), Robin Zeng, presents the plans for the construction of a factory of the Chinese company in Thuringia. CATL plans to produce battery cells for electro cars in Thuringia. Photo: Paul Zinken/dpa (Photo by Paul Zinken/picture alliance via Getty Images)

(190912) -- NINGDE, Sept. 12, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Workers check products at Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd in Ningde, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 11, 2019. As a pioneer enterprise in lithium battery manufacturing, a pillar industry in Ningde, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd has in recent years been committed to improving R&D and manufacturing capabilities of full industrial chains in vehicle and energy storage batteries field. The total output of the company reached 29.611 billion yuan (about 4.16 billion U.S. dollars) last year. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

As electric vehicles go mainstream, battery makers are working on viable options to lithium-ion packs. While companies make rapid progress on sodium-ion cells, its use in EVs is still some time away, say analysts.


China’s EV battery manufacturers race to develop new technologies that are less reliant on pricey metals

EV assemblers are pursuing new technologies to produce next-generation batteries that can keep pace with the breakneck speed of electrification on the roads. Credit: SCMP Graphics

Top battery makers

Electric car batteries. SCMP Graphics

A NIO vehicle battery pack on a pallet at the company’s production facility in Hefei, Anhui province, China. Photo: Bloomberg

Leading EV assemblers like NIO and Xpeng are now in a race for supremacy in the future of mobility, and battery technologies may well be the key, say analysts.


China’s battery makers burnish their safety image as they grab the lion’s share of the world’s market for powering electric cars

Illustration: Henry Wong

graphic for online passenger electrical vehicle batteries installment by country (Jan-Aug 2020) (Mwh) China us germany france britain norway south korea netherlands canada sweden japan other 24733 10380 5112 3869 3172 2566 1721 1415 1404 1225 1142 6317 source: adamas intelligence scmp

NIO's electric vehiclke battery pack on a pallet at the company's production facility in the Anhui provincial capital of Hefei. Photo: Bloomberg

An assembly line producing blade battery packs at BYD's factory. Photo: Handout

***PAY PER USE. Please re-download from vendor website.*** Aerial view of the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory under construction in Lingang, Shanghai, China, 10 May 2019. In the latest aerial photos of the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory, the main roof structure is now essentially complete, the walls along the east side of the main structure are also complete, and the rest is rapidly being finished. The progress over the past month has been spectacular, as we can see when comparing images over that time period.

Customers walk past a Nio Inc. ES8 electric vehicle at a Nio House in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Nio's business model relies on creating a sense of allegiance among buyers, who then persuade friends and family to spread the word about its cars. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

EV battery installation in China Megawatt-hour (MWh) — I-FP — NCM 10,ooo 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 Jan 2020 Jan 2021 Source: China Automotive Battery Innovation Alliance sep 2021 SCMP Electric car batteries. SCMP Graphics

For electric vehicle buyers, many of whom count the family car as the largest big-ticket purchase of their lifetime after the home, the spectre of automobiles catching fire was a cause for pause.


This series looks at the technology behind the power source for the world's fastest growing electric vehicle market.
 


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China’s electric car batteries

This series looks at the technology behind the power source for the world's fastest growing electric vehicle market.

The Chinese battery maker at the forefront of revolutionising EVs

As electric vehicles go mainstream, battery makers are working on viable options to lithium-ion packs. While companies make rapid progress on sodium-ion cells, its use in EVs is still some time away, say analysts.

China’s electric car battery makers race to extend ranges, lower costs

Leading EV assemblers like NIO and Xpeng are now in a race for supremacy in the future of mobility, and battery technologies may well be the key, say analysts.

Despite lion’s share of market, Chinese EV battery makers in image struggle

For electric vehicle buyers, many of whom count the family car as the largest big-ticket purchase of their lifetime after the home, the spectre of automobiles catching fire was a cause for pause.