Solid-state Battery

The vehicles, the Dongfeng E70, will enter service in cab markets in Jiangxi, Guangzhou, Zhejiang and Jiangsu.

Solid-state battery technology is constrained by cost economics, performance indicators, and industry chain support, CATL said.

Farasis Energy has sent samples of its first-generation semi-solid-state battery with an energy density of 330Wh/kg to Mercedes-Benz, which will start testing prototype batteries soon.

BAIC BluePark says its planned third-generation solid-state battery technology will be used in a new Arcfox-branded model with a cell energy density of 360Wh/kg.

Dongfeng Motor's E70 model will be the first to use the battery and is expected to be delivered before the Chinese New Year, which arrives in early February.

Solid-state batteries, or semi-solid-state batteries, may enter mass use sooner than people expect.

Professor Ma Cheng's team at the University of Science and Technology of China announced that they have successfully developed a new chloride solid electrolyte material, lithium zirconium chloride.

Chinese auto giant SAIC Motor will put its solid-state batteries with "world-leading " technology into production by 2025, it said.

CATL said the company is able to make samples of solid-state batteries, but the indicators show there is still a long way from commercialization.

Farasis Energy said it has developed and validated a next-generation electric vehicle battery with an energy density of 330Wh/kg, marking a challenge to the industry's widely held belief that lithium batteries have an energy density bottleneck upper limit of 350Wh/kg.