Nowadays you can take a long trip with a electric carbut depending on the technology of the car and the route it can be quite an odyssey. The solution is to improve the charging infrastructure, but also to use electric vehicles with batteries that have greater autonomy or that take less time to charge.
The latter is just what this promises. battery: that of higher charging power shown to date. It promises to recharge more than 200 km plugged in in just five minutes to a high power pole.
The first LFP 6C battery and the fastest charging in the world
It is a 6C super-fast charging LFP (lithium ferrophosphate) battery, which the alliance has developed together. SAIC-GM with giant chino CATLprecisely specialized in batteries and which last year presented an LFP 4C.
That indicator (C) refers to the battery charge multiplier and 6C means that it can Fully charged in a sixth of an hour. That is, in theory, 10 minutes. To put it in context, the fastest-charging battery currently on the market is equipped with a Chinese model that is only sold in the People’s Republic: it is 5.5C.
As explained by CATL and SAIC-GM have focused on maximizing the charging power: this device integrates an optimized electrolyte that improves conductivity and reduces viscosity, improving the desolvation of lithium ions.
It must be taken into account that they refer only to charging power, not to the capacity of the battery or its autonomy. But in any case, blow more than 200 km in five minutes brings electric cars closer to the refueling times of a car with a thermal engine.
On the other hand, it is an LFP battery, whose main advantage in addition to a longer useful life is that they are cheaper to produce. This means that electric cars that equip them will be able to maintain a tighter price. Examples include MG models such as the MG4 or some of the cheapest electric cars on the market such as the Citroën ë-C3.
In 2025 and in the new electric cars from General Motors. SAIC-GM and CATL detail that this new battery will begin to be equipped in electric cars next year. Specifically in the evolution of the Ultium platform that General Motors will debut and that will be based on a system of 900 V.
Today, few cars from the North American giant have been conceived in this architecture, the current one being 800 V: the electric Hummer and Chevrolet Equinox EV. However, we will have to wait to learn more details about this new battery with the CATL seal.
Source: www.motorpasion.com
