Main battery provider CATL has launched a brand new battery it says is energy-dense sufficient to work to be used in passenger plane.

The battery, set to enter mass manufacturing later this yr, has an power density of 500Wh/kg.

CATL might be one of many first firms to mass produce a battery with an power density of 500Wh/kg or extra. A US-based firm, Argonne introduced its new battery know-how will function 1200Wh/kg however just isn’t prepared for mass manufacturing.

For reference Tesla’s new 4680 cell batteries have an power density ranking of 272-296Wh/kg, which is taken into account very excessive.

“CATL is cooperating with companions within the improvement of electrical passenger aircrafts and training aviation-level requirements and testing in accordance with aviation-grade security and high quality necessities,” stated the model.

The corporate is referring to it as its “condensed battery”, and says it has know-how that may enhance the efficiency of cells and supply glorious cost and discharge efficiency.

Its light-weight profile and new battery know-how will open up a “new wave of electrification prospects which centre round a excessive stage of security,” says the corporate.

CATL has confirmed that an automotive model of the battery know-how is presently below improvement and can start manufacturing later this yr.

It seems CATL could have plans to sort out extra than simply the aviation and automotive industries with the corporate saying “the launch of condensed batteries will usher in an period of common electrification of sea, land and air transportation.”

The Chinese language battery producer is accountable for supplying batteries to automakers like Tesla and Geely.

Lately CATL introduced it’s working with Chinese language car producer Chery to launch its first sodium-ion battery which is able to function within the carmaker’s future line-up.

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