Chinese electric vehicle maker NIO is looking for talent for its battery-making operations. Two executives from Apple and Panasonic have joined the company.
At the 2023 NIO Battery Partner Forum held on February 24, the Chinese electric vehicle maker announced the commencement of construction of the first phase of its subsidiary industrial base in Hefei, Anhui Province.
Chinese battery giant CATL is taking the initiative to implement a battery price reduction plan for key car companies, and put forward a price reduction requirement of about 10% to its raw material suppliers.
Leading Chinese battery firm CATL announced on January 15 that its subsidiary, Brunp, plans to invest 23.8 billion yuan ($3.52 billion) in Foshan, Guangdong Province to build an integrated new material industry production base.
On January 17, Chinese battery giant CATL and global leader in applied safety science UL Solutions announced a new MOU for strategic cooperation to help create safer deployment and use of battery energy storage systems (BESS) and electric vehicle batteries.
News emerged recently that Tesla's production of 4680 large cylindrical batteries has achieved a major breakthrough, and that costs have dropped by 54%. However, many staff members of Tesla's China division stated, "At present, there is no related news."
Chinese battery giant CATL announced an organizational restructuring last week, under which some decision-making power will be concentrated in the headquarters to improve efficiency.
Hong Kong-listed Chinese battery manufacturer CALB has filed a lawsuit, suing its competitor CATL for alleged unfair competition by abusing patent rights for malicious rights protection and wanton slander.
A battery patent application submitted by Xiaomi was authorized on December 20. This utility battery model is equipped with liquid cooling plates on both sides of each row of cells, allowing the temperature of each row to be regulated by two large liquid cooling plates.
Chinese battery giant CATL announced on December 22 that it has reached a long-term agreement with Gresham House Energy Storage Holdings PLC, a specialist alternative asset management group based in London, involving the supply of up to 7.5 GWh in battery energy storage systems (BESS).
Chinese battery giant CATL's factory in Thuringia, Germany, has begun the mass production of lithium-ion battery cells as scheduled, which means that the company now has a local production and supply capacity for its European customers.
Chinese electric vehicle company XPeng Motors has set up a power battery subsidiary last month, a move that is considered by the industry as another signal that the company will develop its own power battery manufacturing capabilities.
Spy photos of the first vehicle model created by a trio of Chinese companies, including automaker Chery, tech giant Huawei and battery maker CATL, have surfaced on the internet.
Gotion Hi-Tech, a leading Chinese battery firm, signed an agreement on December 15 with Nuovo Plus, an energy solutions company under the Petroleum Authority of Thailand, involving the establishment of a joint venture called NV Gotion Co., Ltd.
REPT, a Chinese electric vehicle battery manufacturer backed by leading nickel and stainless steel producer Tsingshan Holding Group, has submitted an application for an overseas public listing.
Beijing-based life services e-commerce platform, Meituan, had one of its subsidiaries invested in Huzhou Chaona New Energy, with a shareholding ratio of 10%.
Chinese battery maker CALB announced on November 30 that it will immediately stop selling products that infringe on the patent rights of a rival, CATL, and compensate the latter 2.96 million yuan ($417,577).
Reports have surfaced that Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng Motors recently started a self-developed batteries project. The firm later denied the rumors.
On November 22, Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD denied recent rumors that its solid-state batteries are about to be loaded into vehicles and that its sodium-ion batteries are entering the test stage.