The Chinese giant in the production of batteries – CATL announced the release of a new brand of Tiaxing batteries, specially designed for light commercial vehicles. The company has already prepared two new products: Tiaxing-L Superfast Charge Edition and Tiaxing-L long Range Edition.
The first battery supports 4C ultra-fast charging, which provides 60% SOC in just 12 minutes. Its capacity is 140 kWh, which allows you to achieve autonomy of 350 km in real conditions. The second new battery – with a capacity of 200 kWh – provides a range of 500 km. It has the highest energy density in the logistics industry – 200 Wh/kg, which allows you to reduce the car's weight by 300 kg. Both batteries are guaranteed for 8 years or 800,000 km.
The new batteries use advanced heat distribution technology and aviation-grade thermal insulation materials. CTP (Cell to Pack) 3.0 technology and double-layer liquid cooling of a large area are also used here.
The new Tiaxing-L batteries are already used in 21 car models from 13 manufacturers, including Foton, Geely, Dongfeng, JAC, Weichai, FAW Jiefang, Changan Kuayue, Wuling, Qingling, Ruichi, Shaanxi Auto, Shineray and SAIC Yuejin
It should be noted that in April, САTL announced an advanced storage battery developed together with bus manufacturer Yutong. The novelty is distinguished by an increased service life – up to 15 years or 1.5 million km.
САТЛ also invested 7.36 billion euros in the construction of a gigafactory in Debrecen, the second most populous city in Hungary. This will be the second branded factory outside of China – after Erfurt in Germany. The new enterprise will provide more than 9,000 jobs.