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BAIC Group signed the deal on October 22 to link models from multiple brands to CATL's Choco swap network and open its dealers to station builds, but gave no timeline or station count.
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CATL's third-quarter profit grew far slower than revenue, with margins down and a VAT rebate cut ahead. It still sees 2027 demand holding on larger packs, averaging 69.5 kWh per vehicle.
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CATL and Chery registered a second battery manufacturing joint venture in Wuhu on Oct. 19, with 1 billion yuan of capital and CATL at 51%. Capacity is undisclosed.
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MOT received a 10.1 billion won order for assembly equipment on Samsung SDI's third US LFP energy-storage line at StarPlus Energy, per The Elec, as an NCA line is rebuilt for larger LFP cells.
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Gotion High-Tech's new CTB truck pack offers 400 to 700 kWh, 250 Wh/L and a 943 mm height, and the company says it makes the vehicle about 400 kg lighter.
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CATL's new 1+X truck battery system combines a swappable 432 or 513 kWh main pack with a fixed 77 kWh range extender, with 13,000 initial units from 14 partners, electrive reported.
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Tesla's Q3 letter says battery availability limited vehicle volumes while Megafactory Texas began production with 50 GWh of planned capacity and storage deployments reached 13.7 GWh, as data center demand pulls on Megapack.
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