China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL), the world’s largest battery company, has revealed a new electric vehicle (EV) battery platform specifically for the European market. Unveiled at the IAA Mobility event in Munich, the Shenxing Pro battery claims to offer a step-change in range, charging speed, and extreme life, which could address the major concerns remaining for most European buyers about going electric.
Two Configurations for Different Uses
The Shenxing Pro battery has two configurations: the Super Long Life & Long Range Battery, and the Super-Fast Charging Battery. Both configurations utilize lithium iron phosphate (LFP) chemistry, a material choice that’s growing more popular because of its safety and durability, as well as a lower raw material cost compared to a high nickel chemistry.
The long-range version features a 122-kilowatt-hour pack, which CATL claims can deliver 470 miles in a WLTP cycle, a European testing standard that is more optimistic than the US EPA’s. Ultimately, the range will depend on the vehicle into which the battery will be installed, but the range is consistent with the top range packs available in today’s market of EVs.
The fast charge version has a slightly smaller pack of 110 kWh to allow for speed at the plug. CATL claims that it can reach a 10–80% charge in 10 minutes, and if this performance is real, it would match or surpass every mass-market EV currently on the market in either Europe or North America.
Made for Europe, it’s Shenxing Pro!
Super long life & long range & super-fast charging, solving your key EV concerns.
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Life Cycle and Degradation
Durability may be the largest selling point of the Shenxing Pro. According to CATL, the long-range pack will retain 91% capacity after 200,000 kilometers (124,000 miles) and will still retain 70% after 1 million kilometers (621,000 miles, or more than 600,000 miles). This means the long-range pack will endure roughly 10,000 cycles (10,000 charge and discharge cycles)—well beyond the life of comparable systems available to most passenger consumers.
Such longevity could drive down EV ownership costs substantially, as buyers may never need to replace the pack over its OEM service life. In addition, the durability of these batteries makes them appealing for energy storage or other second-life applications.
The Math Behind Fast Charging
The fast charging component of CATL’s offering is especially noteworthy. The 122-kWh long-range pack’s 10% to 80% charging would add ~85 kWh of usable energy. The actual distance the driving could offer varies based on the vehicle’s efficiency, but CATL conceivably offers a range of 170-250 miles after just 15 minutes of “plugging in.”
The fast charge 110-kWh pack goes even further with CATL promising 297 miles of WLTP-rated range in just 10 minutes of charging, or roughly 230 miles using the EPA rate standards here in the U.S.
If CATL’s charging rates deliver what they advertise, this speed of charging could shift consumer perception of long trips of EVs and lessen “range anxieties” for those accustomed to fast refueling systems with gasoline vehicles.
Engineering and Manufacturing
CATL credits these improvements not only to chemistry but also to design. The Shenxing Pro uses cells which CATL calls “Wave” cells, with a cell-to-pack architecture. Instead of collecting the cells into intermediate modules, the cells are incorporated directly into the pack as if they were Lego blocks. This approach utilizes more of the active material inside a given volume, providing improved energy density while also saving on weight and cost.
Although CATL hasn’t published specific density numbers, the efficiency of this packaging is going to be important to meet the company’s ambitious range and charging targets, especially with LFP chemistry, which tends to have lower energy density versus nickel-rich chemistries.
