CATL, or Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., a Chinese battery manufacturing giant, has unveiled the third generation of its cell-to-pack (CTP) battery technology, which the company claims can deliver “1,000 km in a breeze” and boasts fast charging in just 10 minutes.
CATL claims that its latest EV battery, dubbed ‘Qilin,’ has a volume efficiency of 72 percent and an energy density of up to 255 Wh/kg. achieving “the highest integration level worldwide so far.”
The Qilin battery, named after a legendary creature in Chinese mythology, has a range of 1,000 kilometers and offers breakthroughs in the core process, algorithm, and materials.
Qilin, CATL’s third-generation CTP battery, incorporates liquid cooling to increase the heat transfer area by four times, halving thermal control time and enabling a hot start in 5 minutes and fast charging in 10 minutes.
This cooling structure also allows the cell to rapidly cool down in extreme conditions, aiding in the prevention of abnormal thermal conduction among cells and achieving thermal stability and safety for all of the battery’s chemical systems, making it compatible with higher energy density materials.
This makes the Qilin battery safer and more durable than many other battery cells on the market. The Qilin is also 13% more powerful than Tesla’s upcoming new 4680 battery technology, and it has the longest range of any mainstream manufacturer to date.
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