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"CATL, the world’s number one battery maker, has blown all competitors of fast
charging technologies out of the water by announcing it’s latest battery which
can be charged at speeds which will add 520 km of charge in just 5 minutes.
At a CATL Tech Day 2025 event held in Shanghai this week, the company announced
its latest version of the Shenxing battery can be charged at speeds of up to
1,300 kW while providing 800 km of range.
Even in subzero temperatures where traditional batteries struggle to charge at
faster charging rates, it’d be able to charge up to 80% in just 15 minutes.
Based on the Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) chemistry, the Shenxing battery was
first introduced back in 2023.
At that time, given its LFP chemistry, it was one of the fastest charging
batteries in the world with charging range of 400 km added to the pack in just
10 minutes.
The latest generation of this pack announced this week will charge much faster
at half the time, highlighting the pace of development in battery technologies.
This announcement from CATL comes less than three months after BYD announced
that some of its new models will have its latest blade batteries that can be
charged at up to 1,000 kW using a two-gun charging setup.
With that tech BYD announced that the Han L and Tang L models will be able to
have 400 km of range added in just 5 minutes.
Soon after that announcement, Zeekr announced its 1,200 kW charging technology
which will deliver that power via a single plug, instead of BYD’s two.
This was upped once again by Huawei which announced its 1,500 kW charging,
suited for more commercial and truck charging applications."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
