Battery

The sodium-ion battery is engineered for extreme cold environments, retaining 90% of its usable capacity at -40°C, CATL said.

LG Energy Solution plans to complete construction of the pilot production line within the year and begin sample production.

Svolt's chairman said that Donut Lab's claimed battery parameters are contradictory, and such a battery simply doesn't exist in the world.

Ronbay shares opened Monday at the daily limit-down of 20%, though losses have narrowed to about 11%.

CATL's domestic power battery installations in China totaled 333.57 GWh in 2025, powering 5.07 million vehicles.

LFP battery installations reached 625.3 GWh in 2025, accounting for 81.2% of total installations and growing 52.9% year-on-year.

By 2030, China's waste power battery volume is projected to exceed one million tons annually.

If a deal is reached, Ford would likely source batteries from BYD for its plants outside the US, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Ronbay said that the RMB 120 billion ($17.2 billion) lithium material order amount with CATL represents its own estimates and involves uncertainties.

The prototype cars feature solid-state batteries with an energy density of 350 Wh/kg, doubling that of mainstream LFP battery cells.