Chapter 594: I still believe in solid-state batteries

Once the sanctions from Europe and the United States came down, the domestic battery industry was indeed impacted, and major battery companies were also discussing response strategies.

Just as Xu Qingzhou was writing his report, CATL was holding a meeting.

In the conference room.

Chen Rongxuan had already started swearing: "These dogs, seeing they can't beat us, have started playing these dirty tricks again."

CEO Bai Mingzhe said in a deep voice, his eyes looking at the middle-aged man wearing glasses on the side: "It's useless to say these things now. President Zhang, you go first to talk about our response work."

In fact, they had already heard a lot of wind before this.

Zhang Zefeng nodded: "We have successfully acquired shares in the Australian lithium mining company Pilbara, locking in the supply of lithium resources. In addition, we are building a full-lifecycle carbon footprint management system to meet the requirements of the EU's 'New Battery Law' in advance..."

Although the domestic battery technology is developing rapidly, the advantages are mainly reflected in manufacturing efficiency and cost control, while the rules of the global industrial chain, resource allocation, and market access are still dominated by Europe and the United States.

The essence of sanctions is to make up for the technical gap through political means.

Bai Mingzhe turned to look at Chen Rongxuan on the side: "Old Chen, talk about the situation in your technical department."

"Before the end of October, we plan to launch CTP (Cell-to-Pack) battery technology, increasing energy density to over 200Wh/kg and reducing costs by 15%."

Chen Rongxuan continued: "High-nickel ternary batteries are also being promoted simultaneously."

For lithium-ion batteries, the market's current focus is on lithium iron phosphate batteries and high-nickel ternary batteries. The former has high safety, long cycle life, and low cost, and is the mainstream battery now, but the disadvantage is low energy density. The latter is mainly deployed in high-end car models like Tesla and NIO.

A series of measures had been finalized.

In terms of the battery field alone, after these years of development, there is a sufficiently strong foundation, and responding to the sanctions of Europe and the United States is still quite comfortable.

Someone in the conference room sighed: "I have a premonition that within five years, the world's batteries will be the world of the Xia Nation."

There are policies above and countermeasures below.

International competition is the same principle. The United States increases tariffs, and they can directly invest in building factories in the United States, borrow shells to be reborn, or avoid tariffs through countries like Mexico.

Chen Rongxuan said: "Nowadays, although solid-state batteries still have technical difficulties such as low conductivity, slow charging and discharging speed, fast capacity decay, and poor interface stability. But solid electrolytes and positive and negative electrode materials are all accelerating iteration. I made a model estimation, and it is expected that all-solid-state batteries will achieve industrial development in 2028—2030, which will accelerate the replacement or even subversion of the fuel vehicle market."

"Yes, our pressure is not small, we must maintain the advancement of research in the field of solid-state batteries."

Zhang Zefeng paused for a moment and continued: "Actually, I recently saw that there have been quite a few experiments related to lithium-sulfur batteries internationally, and there has even been a technical dispute. Should we consider increasing investment in lithium-sulfur battery research?"

Chen Rongxuan shook his head: "No, our top priority now is to consolidate our current achievements. Once we divert our attention, it is easy to lose the first opportunity..."

Several others nodded.

Now that they have the advantage, it is time to pursue the victory and grab the market. There is basically no way to spare more energy and funds for lithium-sulfur batteries.

Especially, such an unclear thing, no matter how you look at it, is not cost-effective.

Time flies like a white horse passing a crack, and days fly by in busyness.

October 30th, Jingda Science Teaching Building. After Xu Qingzhou finished his class, he went directly to Gu Zhizhong's office. Before he entered, he heard hearty laughter coming from inside.

Academician Chu Jiangfeng and Gu Zhizhong were both there, and they didn't know what they were talking about, but they were chatting quite happily.

He then knocked on the door.

"Qingzhou is here, sit."

Gu Zhizhong greeted him with a smile and had already started pouring tea for Xu Qingzhou. ===== CHAPTER 595 =====