CATL Battery Ready for eVTOL Mass Production
Plus, a look at companies developing higher-density prototypes and semi-solid offerings.
Semi-solid and all-solid-state architectures represent the intermediate and long-term technology trajectories, though solid-state faces production bottlenecks including limited sulphide electrolyte output and extended equipment lead times.
CATL (Contemporary Amperage Technology Co Ltd) said on Sunday its aviation power battery system for piloted eVTOL aircraft had passed a thermal runaway test involving two adjacent cells, as the world’s largest electric-vehicle battery maker moves to secure a foothold in the low-altitude aviation sector.