China News Service, Berlin, October 10 (Reporter Peng Dawei) CATL Ningde Times announced on the 9th that its wholly-owned subsidiary Thuringia Times (CATT) has recently joined the "BattLife" project initiated by local organizations. The data researches the multi-dimensional performance of power battery life and reliability, and applies cutting-edge technology to production to realize the integration of industry and research.
Ningde Times, headquartered in Fujian, is a world-leading R&D and manufacturing company for lithium-ion power batteries and energy storage batteries. Its first overseas factory is located in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany and is currently under construction.
After the project is completed, it will become Germany's largest lithium battery factory, and it will also be China's largest production greenfield investment project in Germany.
The initiator of the "BattLife" project, the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technology and Systems (IKTS) is one of the largest battery research institutions in Germany, and its branch Battery Innovation and Technology Center (BITC) is responsible for project operations.
As its first industrial partner, CATT will use its own advantages in the "BattLife" project to obtain high-quality battery data, cooperate with the big data model established by BITC, analyze the battery life cycle, and jointly explore cutting-edge battery innovation technologies and research The results will be directly applied to the production of CATT batteries, and the R&D results will be verified with production data.
The two parties will jointly promote battery technology innovation, help Turingen to become a battery hub in Europe and the world, and contribute to the construction of German green industry.
"In addition to a good charging infrastructure, battery life is one of the prerequisites for the future promotion of electric vehicles. The Minister of Economy and Science of Thuringia, Wolfgang Tiefensee (Wolfgang Tiefensee) said, therefore, "BattLife" is The sustainable development of power batteries will make an important contribution. The project is also a model of the integration of industry and research. In the past three years, we have made great efforts to this end. "Our goal is not only to bring CATL to Thuringia, but meticulous research to expand the application of batteries and energy storage technology, so that Thuringia develops into a leading battery center.
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The relevant person in charge of CATT said: “Under the general trend of electrified travel, CATT, as a member of the German industry, will inevitably be rooted in German scientific research and industrial networks, give full play to its own advantages, and provide customers in Germany and the world with competitive New energy solutions.” (End)