New electric-car battery from Tesla supplier claims 1000km driving range [Video]

Chinese electric-car battery giant CATL has unveiled a new lithium iron phosphate (LFP) unit claimed to be capable of providing vehicles with a driving range of up to 1000km on a single charge.

CATL is the world’s largest electric vehicle battery maker and currently supplies power units for Tesla, Ford, Volvo and Polestar, among others.

LFP batteries are cheaper to build than the nickel manganese cobalt units in most electric cars, and can be charged to 100 per cent more frequently without damaging the cells, but are generally not as energy dense, cannot charge as quickly, and do not perform as well in cold weather.

Revealed during last week’s 2024 Beijing motor show, the ‘Shenxing Plus’ battery eclipses CATL’s existing Shenxing battery which already claims up to 700km of driving range in certain vehicles.

The driving range target depends on the energy efficiency of the vehicle it is fitted to, and a battery capacity has not been …