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"The world’s largest battery maker CATL has announced a new electric vehicle
battery pack with a 1.5 million kilometre, 15 year warranty. For reference the
average Australian passenger car drives less than 15,000 km per year so a 1.5
million km battery would last about 100 years worth of average driving.
The company has joined forces with Yutong Heavy Industries, who will be using
the long life battery packs in their buses and heavy vehicles. Yutong, one of
China’s largest bus manufacturers, began its first 10-year strategic
partnership with CATL in 2012.
According to CnEVPost, CATL and Yutong signed a new 10-year strategic
cooperation framework agreement in 2022.
The new lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery will be able to cater to different
market segments, including buses, light trucks and heavy trucks, and will be
used in future products from Yutong Bus and Yutong Heavy Industries.
According to Don Imrie, who works in the electric bus industry and was
interviewed by The Driven in 2023, the average metropolitan bus travels around
300 km per shift which means a 1.5 million km warranty would last around 13
years worth bus shifts driving every day of the year.
The long-life battery will also have zero degradation in the first 1,000
cycles, Yutong said. This effectively means a battery with 500 km of range
would have zero capacity degradation for the first half million kilometres."
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*** 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
