The market’s fastest-charging battery previously introduced by SAIC, GM, and CATL General Motors has gone into partnership with SAIC to create an innovative battery in concert with CATL, and is said to be the fastest-charging electric vehicle (EV) battery around. The companies plan to be producing their first vehicle with the new battery technology by next year, developers said.
This new battery uses lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) chemistry and can charge at 6 °C. One-sixth of an hour is 10 minutes or the time needed for charging. A 5-minute charge can add more than 124 miles of range, according to Solid-State Battery & Cell Modeling company and battery startup Factorial.
The cell employs sophisticated technologies for the sake of higher charging efficacy, battery uniformity, conductivity enhancement, and electrolyte viscosity reduction.
Implemented for GM Ultium EV, the battery is connected to a near 900V architecture, a new CTP structural design, and higher thermoregulation capabilities. More about this battery of the future should be revealed later this year.