At present, pure electric vehicles mainly have two kinds of charging and battery replacement. Among them, charging has an absolute mainstream position at the moment, but the convenience brought to consumers by battery replacement cannot be ignored. For this reason, the number one giant in the field of power batteries: CATL will naturally not let go of the opportunity to set foot in this field.
As early as more than a year ago, Times Electronics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ningde Times, released the battery replacement service brand EVOGO and the overall solution for combined battery replacement. Recently, Ningde Times issued an announcement stating that mass production of chocolate battery replacement blocks specially designed to realize shared battery replacement has been achieved.
It is understood that the chocolate battery exchange block adopts the latest CTP technology of Ningde era, which has three characteristics: small but high energy, free combination, and minimalist design. In addition, the chocolate battery exchange block for the purpose of realizing shared battery exchange has strong compatibility, not only can be adapted to 80% of the models that are already on the market in the world, but also compatible with pure electric vehicles that will be launched in the next three years.
It is worth mentioning that the chocolate battery replacement block is different from the conventional car power battery. It is assembled from individual pieces. A single battery can provide a battery life of about 200 kilometers. Consumers can choose any one when changing the battery. Multiple batteries can flexibly match the needs of different mileages.
This also means that consumers can choose the number of batteries to rent according to their own needs. In fact, although the vast majority of private car owners only use 10%-20% of the battery's power for a single daily commute, they have to buy large-capacity pure electric vehicles in order to alleviate battery life anxiety.
Under the power exchange model of the Ningde era, consumers can rent electricity on demand. They only need to rent a chocolate battery exchange block for daily commuting, and rent multiple battery exchange blocks for long-distance travel. In this way, consumers can save battery costs, reduce vehicle power consumption, and will not cause unnecessary waste of resources.
The Kirin battery packaged with the third-generation CTP technology of the Ningde era has raised the energy density of the battery pack to the peak, and its battery pack energy density has reached 255Wh/kg. The first Krypton 009 ME version equipped with a 140kWh Kirin battery has a battery life of up to 822km.
The Ningde era has obviously made full preparations before entering the field of battery replacement. Of course, in addition to the battery swap block, the construction progress of the battery swap network is also a key factor for the success of the battery swap model, and this is the current top priority of CATL in the field of battery swap.