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Breaking the shackles of traditional technology and breaking through the upper limit of material performance, CATL Shenxing super-rechargeable batteries are opening a technological revolution on lithium iron phosphate, so that supercharging is no longer exclusive to high-end cars. Since the launch of the super-rechargeable battery, it has been popular in the domestic and foreign markets, and has won the award at Autobest, the "Oscar" of the European automotive industry.
On December 15, CATL became the first power battery in the global lithium battery industry to win the AUTOBEST Best (TechNobest) award, and CATL became the first and only Chinese company to win the Best Technology Award. What does it mean to win an award at Autobest?What do these two "firsts" mean in the context of the electric vehicle industry?
Shenxing super rechargeable battery makes supercharging no longer exclusive to high-end cars.
Autobest covers 750 million consumers across Europe
Autobest can be called the "Oscar" and "Golden Globe Award" in the European automotive industry, with a long history, high prestige, strong lineup, a strict selection process, including 13 complex criteria, an independent jury composed of highly respected professional judges from 31 European countries, only 1 judge in each country, fair and objective, to achieve full coverage of the European automobile market, and to European consumers to buy cars has practical guiding significance.
Autobest can be called the "Oscar" of the European automotive industry.
In line with this principle, this award does not select niche products, and its award-winning products must be popular in the European market, affordable for the general public, and achieve technological innovation, safety, environmental protection, and all-round.
Another outstanding feature of this award is that it is rather lacking than indiscriminate, refusing to indiscriminately charge, each award has only 1 award-winning product per year Individual company, Shenxing battery won the Technobest Best Best Technology Award is one of the awards of Autobest, the award is not set every year, only awarded to the most breakthrough in the automotive industry, the technological innovation that ordinary consumers can enjoy, only when the technological innovation is heavy enough, the last time the award was awarded was 3 years ago in 2020.
In short, the technology that can win this award must have enough technological breakthroughs and enough to benefit the general public, and CATL's super-rechargeable battery is undoubtedly completely in line with the original intention of this award. In the view of the organizers of the award, this is a revolutionary battery, which "breaks through the performance ceiling of lithium iron phosphate and leads the innovation of the battery industry" and "will open the era of new energy supercharging".
Shenxing Super Rechargeable Battery: A people-friendly super rechargeable battery.
Looking back on every major technological innovation in the past century, it can always promote the iterative update of the industry and open a new era, such as Mercedes-Benz launched the electronic anti-lock braking system, SRS airbags, three-point seat belts, and Porsche launched the first car equipped with an electronic tire pressure monitoring system and run-flat tires. It is worth mentioning that at the beginning of the last century, Ford created the best advantage by optimizing the assembly line, so that the Model T quickly swept the world and became the first car that ordinary people could afford.
The Shenxing super-rechargeable battery, which was born by achieving a technological breakthrough in lithium iron phosphate, is a super-rechargeable battery for mainstream users, focusing on scientific and technological equality, "making cutting-edge technology benefit public users", which is expected to open a new era of supercharging, and let supercharging enter the market of mass cars with a lower price.
Shenxing ultra-rechargeable battery broke through the material ceiling and became the world's first battery to achieve 4C supercharging on lithium iron phosphate.
As we all know, lower lithium iron phosphate has limitations in energy density and low-temperature charging and discharging performance in the past, so most batteries on the market that reach 4C or even higher charge rates are made of higher ternary lithium materials. Focusing on the essence of electrochemistry, Shenxing super rechargeable battery has carried out all-round innovation in materials and material systems, system structure, etc., breaking through the upper limit of materials, and becoming the world's first battery to achieve 4C overcharging on lithium iron phosphate, which can last 400 kilometers in 10 minutes and travel more than 700 kilometers on a full charge, with high energy density and high safety level. As Gao Huan, CTO of CATL's domestic passenger car division, said, our products create value for ordinary people, allowing high-end technology to fly into ordinary people's homes from "Wang Xie Tang Qianyan in the old days" to today's "flying into ordinary people's homes".
Behind the popularity of Shenxing super-rechargeable batteries: to hit the pain points of the market.
Since the beginning of this year, the car market has been full of gunsmoke, accounting for nearly forty percent of the cost of the power battery, which has become a battleground for soldiers, and has controlled the cost of power batteries, which means that the advantages of lithium iron phosphate batteries with more advantages in raw material costs are slowly being explored, and the number of vehicles is rising. However, from the perspective of mass consumers, the first exploration of electric vehicles is far from enough, and its convenience and sense of safety in terms of energy replenishment and mileage can be kept up with fuel vehicles, which often becomes the last bargaining chip in car purchase decisions.
Therefore, through technological breakthroughs, improving battery performance and reducing the cost of use is not only the best solution to resolve the best war and users' anxiety about energy replenishment, but also to help the high-quality development of the industry and create a healthy development ecology. In this context, a new round of battery revolution is imperative. Breaking through the limit of lithium iron phosphate materials, the main scientific and technological equality of the Shenxing super-rechargeable battery came into being, it pioneered the realization of ultra-fast charging, high energy density and high complete both, as soon as it came out, it was warmly sought after by the market, in the domestic market, has established cooperative relations with Chery, GAC, BAIC, Jiyue, Lantu, Nezha, AVATR and other brands.
At present, the market share of lithium iron phosphate batteries in CATL is increasing. On December 11, data released by the China Automotive Power Battery Industry Innovation Alliance showed that the domestic power battery loading volume of CATL in November was 197 GWh, with a market share of 4391%, ranking first, of which, the loading volume of ternary batteries is 907 GWh, the market share is close to 60% in China, and the loading volume of lithium iron phosphate batteries is 1063 GWh, with a market share of 3652%, at the top of the list. In the future, with the mass production of Shenxing super rechargeable batteries, the loading volume and market share of lithium iron phosphate batteries will gain room for growth.
Since its overseas debut in Munich in September this year, the super-rechargeable battery has attracted a lot of attention.
In the European market, Shenxing super-rechargeable batteries are highly recognized by all sectors of society and are ushering in broad prospects. According to the data of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association, from January to June this year, 31 European countries achieved 141 registrations of new energy passenger vehicles90,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 268%, and the penetration rate of new energy vehicles is 215%, but the European vehicle pile ratio is low, and the charging contradiction is sharp. Between 2016 and 2022, the share of battery electric vehicles in the EU market increased to 12., according to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) tracking the development of EV charging infrastructure in the region1%, although the number of public charging piles in the interval has increased by 6 times, it is far behind the 18 times increase in pure electric vehicle sales.
In addition, the electrification transformation of European car companies is slow, and the new energy chain is not perfect. Since the popularization of new energy vehicles, Asian companies have become a "ironclad" fact that Asian companies occupy the main share of the global battery market, and Europe has no advantage in the power battery industry chain, whether it is from the mining of raw materials and metal minerals, or to the development and production of the entire battery module. Since its overseas debut in Munich in September this year, it has received widespread attention and ushered in the intention of many car companies to cooperate. On November 21, Stellantis Group and CATL signed a memorandum of understanding in Amsterdam, under which the two parties agreed that CATL will supply Stellantis Group's lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells and modules locally in Europe to help Stellantis produce electric vehicles in the European market. Stellantis Group has a 20% European market share, and this partnership will further its electrification strategy and goal of providing high-quality, durable and affordable electric vehicles to the European and global markets. CATL's super-rechargeable batteries are also expected to further accelerate the process of full electrification of European car companies, which is also the confidence for them to win the AutoBest (Technobest) award in Europe.
Shenxing ultra-rechargeable battery hits the pain point of European new energy vehicles in terms of energy supplement.
At present, the new energy head car companies are increasing the mid-range car market, and the market is accelerating into the pattern of "squeezing at both ends", that is, from the high-end and low-end electric vehicles to the middle cost-effective model market. For such a revolutionary product, Mr., founder and chairman of AutobestDan Vardie commented: "The super-rechargeable battery is another revolution proposed by CATL to benefit customers around the world.