CATL unveiled two standardized chocolate battery packs, 20# and 25#, designed for battery swapping. The corporate’s founder and CEO, Robin Zheng, introduced that it plans to construct 1,000 battery swap stations subsequent yr, with the last word purpose of 30,000 swap stations in China.
“We’ll proceed to advertise the standardization of battery swapping, and a very powerful factor is the standardization of battery dimension,” stated Zheng throughout CATL’s Battery Swap Ecosystem Convention in Xiamen at present.
The primary 1000 battery swap stations will probably be constructed by CATL itself in 2025. The next 10,000 swap stations will probably be constructed with its companions, and within the last stage, there will probably be 30,000 swap stations in China, CATL introduced.
The 20# and 25# choco batteries, formally known as Choco-SEB (Swapping Electrical Blocks) battery packs, will assist lithium iron phosphate (LFP) and (lithium nickel manganese cobalt) NMC chemistry variations. It’s designed for A0 to B class EVs and supplies as much as 600 km CLTC vary.
As gasoline is available in 92 and 95 octan grades (in China), 20# and 25# Choco-SEB modules supply the electrical different to this, CATL explains.
20# battery swap block is appropriate for A0 class automobiles and can present a variety of as much as 500 km underneath CLTC. A0 class are small metropolis vehicles or subcompact hatchbacks in China.
25# battery swap block is designed for A to B class electrical automobiles and can present as much as 600 km vary. A category in China are compact vehicles resembling BYD Dolphin, B class are mid-size vehicles resembling BYD Seal
For every Choco-SEB module variant, there are two subscription plans:
20# battery Choco-SEB (A0 class automobiles)
- Journey plan (52 kWh NMC): 469 yuan/month
- Household plan (42 kWh LFP): 369 yuan/month
25# battery Choco-SEB (A/B class automobiles)
- Journey plan (70 kWh NMC): 599 yuan/month (82 USD)
- Household plan (56 kWh LFP): 499 yuan/month
CATL additionally introduced that 10 EVs outfitted with swappable Choco-SEB battery packs will launch, beginning subsequent yr. CATL cooperated with GAC, BAIC, Wuling, and FAW to develop these fashions.
Record of fashions to get the Choco-SEB battery swap assist:
- Changan Oshan 520 (launch in Q1 2025)
- GAC Aion S (launch in Q2 2025)
- Hongqi E-QM5 (launch in Q2 2025)
- SAIC Roewe D7 (launch in This fall 2025)
- BAIC C66 (launch in Q1 2026)
- Wuling Bingo (TBA)
- Wuling Starlight (TBA)
- SAIC Rising F7 (TBA)
- SAIC Maxus Mifa 9 (TBA)
- SAIC Maxus Dana (TBA)
CATL formally entered the battery swap enterprise in January 2022 with the launch of its EVOGO battery swap model.
“By 2030, battery swapping is anticipated to fulfill one-third of the power replenishment wants for electrical automobiles,” Robin Zheng concluded on the convention
