{"id":13476,"date":"2026-01-06T21:25:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-catl-nio-deepen-partnership-to-develop-extended-life-ev-batteries\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T21:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:25:35","slug":"chinas-catl-nio-deepen-partnership-to-develop-extended-life-ev-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-catl-nio-deepen-partnership-to-develop-extended-life-ev-batteries\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s CATL, Nio deepen partnership to develop extended-life EV batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_generic\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/01\/06\/0276fe4d-9239-4292-810b-bd1bba97a5df_ad4bc398.jpg?itok=AOxbjabi&amp;v=1767706951\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"8.0616740088106\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Contemporary Amperex Technol&shy;ogy Ltd (CATL)<\/span>, the world&rsquo;s largest maker of electric vehicle (EV) batteries, has intensified efforts to develop batteries with longer lifespans after deepening its partnership with carmaker Nio.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The two companies said they were committed to finding solutions to an issue that could cost millions of EV users trillions of yuan to replace expired batteries.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"12.855018587361\">Under a five-year agreement, CATL and <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Nio<\/span> would pursue new technologies aimed at extending the life cycle of EV batteries, they said in a statement on Tuesday. The signing represented &ldquo;a higher level of synergy between the two companies across the whole ecosystem&rdquo;.<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1evd7i0 e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">CATL and Nio first announced plans to jointly develop longer-lifespan batteries in 2024.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">&ldquo;Batteries will become a big issue in eight to 10 years&rsquo; time,&rdquo; William Li, CEO of Nio, told reporters in a media briefing. &ldquo;We are under time pressure to find ways to tackle the problem.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-117a6hs e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Li said owners of China&rsquo;s existing 40 million electric cars would have to spend at least 60,000 yuan (US$8,585) each to buy new batteries after 2032 when the life cycle of current packs ended. That could amount to a total cost of as much as 3 trillion yuan, he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Li made the remarks as Nio, founded in 2014, reached another milestone as its 1 millionth car rolled off the production line on Tuesday. The Shanghai-based EV assembler, viewed as a Tesla challenger in mainland China, aimed to achieve annualised sales growth of 40 per cent to 50 per cent over the next decade, according to Li.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>China&rsquo;s CATL, Nio deepen partnership to develop extended-life EV batteries<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contemporary Amperex Technol&shy;ogy Ltd (CATL), the world&rsquo;s largest maker of electric vehicle (EV) batteries, has intensified efforts to develop batteries with longer lifespans after deepening its partnership with carmaker Nio. The two companies said they were committed to finding solutions to an issue that could cost millions of EV users trillions of yuan to replace&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-catl-nio-deepen-partnership-to-develop-extended-life-ev-batteries\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;China\u2019s CATL, Nio deepen partnership to develop extended-life EV batteries&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}