Chinese firm builds electric battery that enables 1,000-km on single charge
China’s leading automotive lithium-ion battery maker, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL), revealed a new battery that provides electric vehicles with a driving range of over 1,000 km on a single charge.
With the third generation of cell-to-pack (CTP) technology, the battery named Qilin, or CTP 3.0 battery, has a volume utilisation efficiency of 72 percent and an energy density of up to 255 Wh/kg for ternary battery systems, giving it the highest integration level in the world, according to CATL.
The battery is named after a legendary creature named ‘Qilin’ in Chinese mythology, reports Xinhua news agency.
Qilin batteries are expected to go into mass production and arrive on the market in 2023, according to CATL.
