One Million Mile Electric Car Battery Is Now Ready To Produce Tesla S Chinese Partner Reveals
Zeng Yuqun, chairman of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL), has said the Ningde-based manufacturing firm has the capability of making a battery pack that can last for about 16 years, powering an electric vehicle for 1.24 million miles. “If someone places an order, we are ready to produce,” Zeng said in an interview with the South China Morning Post (SCMP), declining to elaborate on contracts. According to the SCMP, CATL signed a two-year contract to supply batteries to Tesla in February this year, and its technology is set to be incorporated into the Model 3 range of vehicles being made at Musk’s new gigafactory located in Shanghai....