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Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) is a Chinese battery manufacturer headquartered in Ningde, Fujian, that supplies lithium-ion and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries to nearly every major global automaker.Founded in 2011, CATL holds the l...
CATL Fires Up Trial Cell Production At 100 GWh Debrecen Plant, Its Biggest Outside China — Sep 27, 2026 — CATL began trial cell production on 22 September at its Debrecen, Hungary factory — the Chinese battery giant's biggest manufacturing base outside Chi...Volkswagen Launches ID.AURA T6, Its First LiDAR-Equipped EV, In China From 9,240 — Sep 21, 2026 — Volkswagen has launched the ID.AURA T6 in China from 129,900 yuan (~9,240), its first production EV with a 192-channel LiDAR wired to a Horizon Roboti...Hithium Unwraps 785Ah Sodium-Ion Cell Rated For 20,000 Cycles — Sep 20, 2026 — China's Hithium has launched a 785Ah sodium-ion battery cell rated for 20,000 cycles with a claimed 30-year operational lifetime, paired with a 4MWh g...Alinta Energy Trucks In First CATL Batteries For 250MW Reeves Plains BESS — Sep 20, 2026 — Alinta Energy has taken delivery of the first 48 of 194 planned CATL battery units for its 250MW/1,000MWh Reeves Plains project 60km north of Adelaide...Fluence Slashes 2026 Revenue Outlook By $600M As Houston Ramp Stumbles — Sep 20, 2026 — Battery storage integrator Fluence cut fiscal 2026 revenue guidance to $2.4B from $2.9B-$3.1B and widened its adjusted EBITDA loss forecast to $200M a...CATL Signs EGP 2 Billion Battery Pack Deal With Egypt's BME — Sep 20, 2026 — The joint venture between Egyptian truck maker MCV and Auto D will license CATL cells and equipment to build a 1 GWh pack plant near Cairo, scaling to...Manus Targets $4B Valuation In $500M Raise After Meta Split — Sep 19, 2026 — Butterfly Effect's Manus is raising $500 million at a $4 billion valuation, with IDG Capital, Boyu Capital and CATL circling the deal and a Hong Kong...Spirit AI Founder Bets Robot Brains Hit Their 'GPT-3 Moment' By Mid-2027 — Sep 19, 2026 — Hangzhou-based Spirit AI's co-founder Gao Yang told Reuters on September 18 that humanoid robot brains will hit a 'GPT-3 moment' by mid-2027, with Moz...Hello Robotaxi Bags ~$100M At Nearly $3B For Its HR1 Robotaxi Buildout — Sep 17, 2026 — Hello Robotaxi, the L4 JV between Hello Inc., Ant Group and CATL, has closed ~$100M at nearly $3B post-money led by Shanghai Guotou Pioneer Fund to sc...China Freezes Approvals For New Battery Storage Cell Factories Amid Glut Fears — Sep 7, 2026 — Beijing has quietly halted approvals for new battery energy storage cell factories that have not yet broken ground, Cailianshe reports, as regulators...CATL Ships First Sodium-Ion Battery Energy Storage Systems In September — Sep 7, 2026 — CATL confirms its first sodium-ion battery energy storage systems will ship in September, targeting GWh-scale shipments by year-end as material costs...UBTECH, Galbot, AGIBOT Lock In Factory Orders As VLA Models Reset China Humanoid Race — Aug 27, 2026 — As Beijing's second World Humanoid Robot Games ends, UBTECH, Galbot and AGIBOT hold hundred-million-dollar factory orders from BYD, Foxconn, CATL and...CATL Cuts Out Distributors With $63/kWh Direct LFP Cells As 1,800 Firms Join CATL Mall — Aug 26, 2026 — China's CATL says over 1,800 energy storage companies have registered on its direct-sales CATL Mall platform, where 314 Ah LFP energy storage cells no...China's First Solid-State Battery Standard Takes Effect, Dongfeng Leads Factory Race — Jul 26, 2026 — China's first national standard for automotive solid-state batteries, GB/T 43568-2026, took effect on July 1, forcing carmakers to prove real factory...BYD Lands 11.3 GWh Order For World's Largest Solar-Plus-Storage Plant — Jul 26, 2026 — BYD Energy Storage will supply 11.275 GWh of Haohan Blade batteries for Masdar's Round-the-Clock plant in Abu Dhabi, the world's largest solar-plus-st...CATL, Alfen Sign 5 GWh Sodium-Ion Storage Deal For Europe — Jul 16, 2026 — CATL and Alfen NV will deploy 5 GWh of Tener Sodium energy-storage systems across the Netherlands and Western Europe starting in 2027 — the first Euro...CATL-Hellobike-Ant Robotaxi JV Targets Level 4 Mass Production In June 2026 — Jun 15, 2026 — The CATL-Hellobike-Ant Group robotaxi JV is preparing to mass-produce its first Level 4 HR1 robotaxis in June 2026, with commercial pilots already run...CATL Super Tech Day 2026: 1,500km Range, Six-Minute Shenxing, Naxtra Goes Mass-Market — Jun 12, 2026 — CATL used Super Tech Day 2026 to launch six battery innovations including a 1,500 km EV pack, a third-gen Shenxing 6-min superfast charger and series...DeepSeek Lines Up $7.4B First Funding Round With Tencent And CATL — Jun 4, 2026 — Chinese AI champion DeepSeek is closing on $7.4 billion from Tencent, CATL, NetEase and Beijing-backed funds at a valuation as high as $59 billion in...Stellantis and CATL Break Ground on €4.1B Zaragoza LFP Gigafactory — Jun 2, 2026 — Stellantis and CATL have broken ground on their €4.1 billion 50-gigawatt-hour LFP battery joint venture in Zaragoza, Spain, securing a key European su...