CATL and battery swapping

It’s not the first time we mention CATL but it is the epiphany on this web platform of there battery swapping, associated to the Chinese manufacturer.

CATL and battery swapping for passenger cars

The Chinese company launched the very first battery swapping stations in Xiamen, China. Four stations have apparently been installed, while about 30 stations were expected to be in Xiamen by the end of the last year.

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Call me EVOGO

CATL’s battery swapping system is called EVOGO and was developed by CATL subsidiary CAES (Contemporary Amperex Energy Service Technology). According to the manufacturer, the EVOGO battery swap solution will enable EV consumers to bid farewell to the inconvenience of refueling, and allows consumers with no charging parking spaces to enjoy the fun of EV driving as well. At the moment of the official launch, the special offer for renting one Choco-SEB block was 399 yuan (around 58 euros) per month, which will be dynamically adjusted according to different level of power consumption by users. For each battery swap service at the swap station, the charge is almost the same as that of the fast charging service, and it is subject to dynamic adjustment according to different station locations and time slots. CATL’s EVOGO battery swap solution will provide more EV users with access to a convenient refueling experience.

And now, they are ready for driving trucks

The solution developed by CATL, which supplies battery cells and packs to several manufacturers all over the world, integrates the hardware as well the software parts, with a cloud platform completing the solution itself. It’s quite interesting that the batteries can be apparently swapped out from truck models with different wheelbases.

BATTERY, CHINA, TRUCKS? YUTONG!