DiscoverThe Asianometry PodcastHow China's CATL Makes a EV Lithium-Ion Battery
How China's CATL Makes a EV Lithium-Ion Battery

How China's CATL Makes a EV Lithium-Ion Battery

Update: 2023-04-09
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Contemporary Amperex Technologies or CATL is China's leading EV battery supplier. As of this writing, it is the only Chinese EV battery company that has begun to export its products abroad. 


It is interesting to consider that one of China's most valuable companies makes, of all things, batteries. When we think about high value add, technically complicated things, we think about iPhones or other tech. Not exactly batteries. 


But as it turns out, batteries are surprisingly complicated to make. In this video, we are going to look at how CATL manufactures one of their EV batteries.

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How China's CATL Makes a EV Lithium-Ion Battery

How China's CATL Makes a EV Lithium-Ion Battery

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