CATL Bus Battery Can Clock Up 1.5 Million Kilometres

Chinese battery giant CATL has developed a high-density bus battery which it claims will have an astonishing lifespan of 15 years and 1.5 million kilometres (930,000 miles), China Car News reported.

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) unveiled the new battery during an online conference on Friday evening, the story continued, and is set to roll out the advanced Tianxing-B power pack through already established partnerships with the likes of Dongfeng, Golden Dragon and Yutong Bus.

CATL has claimed nearly 50% of total EV battery sales in China so far this year and their batteries also power more than 385,000 buses globally, the company says.

Read the full story: Car News China

By Sean O’Meara

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Sean O'Meara

Sean O'Meara is an Editor at Asia Financial. He has been a newspaper man for more than 30 years, working at local, regional and national titles in the UK as a writer, sub-editor, page designer and print editor. A football, cricket and rugby fan, he has a particular interest in sports finance.