How does CATL sell commercial vehicle batteries in Europe? According to foreign media news, CATL recently signed a European-wide partnership agreement with German battery system manufacturer HOPPECKE. According to the agreement, HOPPECKE will represent CATL to be responsible for lithium battery testing, repairing and replacing lithium-ion batteries installed in electric vehicles, initially focusing on vans and buses. Headquartered in Sauerland, Germany, HOPPECKE is one of the largest providers of service solutions for lead-acid, FNC and lithium-ion energy storage systems. In April 2020, CATL reached an agreement with the German company Quantron AG, and Quantron was authorized to supply batteries in Europe as a CATL distributor. The standardized lithium iron phosphate-based CTP battery solution of CATL will be used. At the same time, tailor-made battery solutions will be based on NMC battery components of the CATL to meet customer needs, mass production and then delivery. Currently, CATL is rapidly advancing its business in the European passenger car market. It has successively signed battery cooperation agreements with international commercial vehicles and buses such as Dutch VDL Bus & Coach, Daimler Truck Bus and Volkswagen (Latin America) Truck Bus Company. At the same time, CATL's cooperation in the field of international passenger vehicles has also achieved frequent results. CATL has reached cooperation with top international car companies such as Tesla, Honda, Hyundai, Toyota, Volvo, Volkswagen, Jaguar Land Rover, Peugeot Citroen, Daimler Truck and Bus on power batteries. And this month officially supplied Tesla's domestic Model 3. Reported by Nick Dai AOTELEC BATTERY EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL SUPPLIER 2020-07-23

5V10A 18650 Battery Formation and Grading Machine Ship to Israel Battery cell formation and grading machine is a idea equipment for battery factory to sort different grade battery cells before they sell to client. It is also can be used for battery pack line, to check the capacity and cycles of purchased batteries. Generally, we provide 5V3A model to most of clients, the channels can be 256 and 512, other channels can be customized. But today, we want to introduce our custom model 5V10A with 256 channels 18650 battery grading machine to you, it is a energy feedback type, which can save power and less heat during the charge and discharge process. Also, it is not only whole cabinet controlled, but also you can control each testing point independently, send different test steps to each test clamp. As for clamps, it is very convenient for placing cells, because we design a support for batteries, you can first put the cells on the support, then place support on the cabinet, then close the clamps with pneumatic switch. If you want to know further information, please feel free to contact us: www.aotelec.com / ping@aotbattery.com Here are the picutres for your reference:

Lithium battery separator war In the new energy war, as Chinese lithium battery companies grew up, unwilling Americans began to think of the internal battery materials. On October 30, 2019, Celgard, a former lithium battery separator giant, sued Xingyuan Materials and its subsidiary "Xingyuan American Research Institute" in Shenzhen, China, in the Oakland Division of the Northern District Court of the US Federal District of California. The reasons for litigation are: "Infringe its patent rights, infringe on trade secrets, unfair competition, induce breach of contract, and intentionally interfere with potential economic relations." Although it was dismissed by local courts in the United States more than three months later, the long soap opera-like "lawsuit" has not ceased. After all, for Celgard, there are not too many serious things that can be done now. In the field of dry membranes that was once proud, Celgard has gradually lost market share due to the gradual loss of technology and price advantages. Beginning in 2013, LG Chem, SK, Sumitomo, MTI, Targray... Any half of the influential battery separator companies have been on Celgard's prosecution list. But embarrassingly, Celgard mostly ended in defeat or settlement. Reported by Zoe Jiang AOTELEC Battery Technology Company 2020-7-2

5 companies competition on Million Miles battery Overall, long life, high battery life, and low cost have become the main development direction of power batteries. All battery companies are running fast on the new technology track. In 2019, Tesla announced that it had developed a new type of battery that would allow its battery life in electric vehicles to exceed 1 million miles (1.61 million kilometers), more than double its current battery life. In May 2020, Tesla announced that it had improved its new "Million Mile Battery", which further reduced cobalt and increased the energy density of the battery, while reducing costs. On June 23, Musk said that Tesla will hold the "Battery Day" on September 15. Industry speculation may be announced at that time about the "millions of miles" battery news. However, before waiting for Tesla to disclose more detailed information, the CATL took the lead in commercializing the "Million Mile" battery. On June 8, Zeng Yuqun, chairman of CATL, announced that the company is preparing to produce batteries with a life span of 16 years and a mileage of 1.24 million miles (about 2 million kilometers). It is understood that the core of the CATL self-repairing long-life battery technology is to slow down the capacity decay rate, that is, to control the rate of active lithium consumption. The battery capacity decline is related to the cathode electrode, anode electrode, and battery electrolyte. There are already companies such as Tesla, CATL, General Motors, SVOLT and BYD in the "Million Mile" battery track. It is expected that more battery companies and OEMs will join the camp in the later period.

Opportunities for lithium battery equipment under 1000GWh capacity At the 13th High-tech Lithium Battery Industry Summit recently, GGII shared the analysis report of "Analysis of the New Round of Capacity Expansion for Lithium Battery Equipment", which comprehensively analyzed the market demand, output value scale, innovation path, cooperation direction, etc, on lithium battery equipment market. The report pointed out that in 2022, the global production of new energy vehicles is expected to exceed 5.2 million, of which the Chinese market accounted for more than 50%. By then, China's lithium battery market will exceed 260GWh, of which the power battery will exceed 190GWh, and shipments will be mainly concentrated in top10 companies. At present, the localization rate of domestic lithium battery equipment has reached 90%-92%. Driven by new production capacity, by 2022, the market share of domestic lithium battery equipment will reach 18-19 billion yuan. According to the survey feedback, the leading equipment companies are further widening the gap with second-tier equipment companies by improving the yield rate, innovating processes, reducing operating costs, researching and developing integrated equipment, and providing semi-complete/complete lines. Specifically, improving equipment stability and reducing the loss rate is an important way for head equipment companies to improve the yield rate. By improving the technical content of equipment and production efficiency, we continue to research and develop, establish standardized and flexible modules, shorten the research and development cycle, and become its core path to reduce costs. It is worth noting that the amount of investment in unit production capacity has been greatly reduced, and internationalization, intelligence, integration, and full-line delivery are the key directions for the future development of the lithium battery manufacturing market. Reported by Kevin Zeng AOTELEC BATTERY COMPANY 2020-06-18

Compact Digital Pressure Controlled Electric Coin Cell Crimper Shipped to The Netherlands Thanks for the trust from Specicialith company which is special in lithium ion battery research. We have recommend manual coin cell crimper to Dr.Axel, but he finnal choose our advanced type electric crimper with digital pressure controlled function. The best feature of this coin cell crimping machine is the digital pressure controller can keep crimping force consistent at each time, so there is few impact of research result during the crimping process. This MSK-160E electric crimper also equipped a polymethyl methacrylate(PMMA) protective cover, which keep crimping process in safe. When the door of cover is open, machine will not work, only when you cloth the door, the start button works. Let’s check some pictures of real products:

Get 6 keywords for blade batteries in one minute In early June 2020, BYD's Verdi Battery disclosed the internal situation of its Bishan plant in Chongqing. AOTELEC put together 8 keywords related to plant layout, capacity planning, product performance and other fields, so that you can have a comprehensive understanding of the blade battery in 1 minute. Keyword 1 Capacity - 10 GWH It is estimated that by the end of 2020, the capacity of the Chongqing Bishan plant will reach 10GWh. Keyword 2 Upper limit of system energy density-170Wh/kg The current system energy density of the blade battery is 140Wh/kg. Later, by further improving the battery material and design at the cell level, the energy density will reach 170Wh/kg. Keyword 3 Maximum length of blade battery-2000mm The length of the blade battery currently put into production is 960mm, and according to the patent applied for, its length can be between 600 and 2,000mm. Keyword 4 Low temperature charging performance—110min Under the environment of -10℃, the blade battery can be charged from 0 to 100% within 110 minutes. Under the same circumstances, the NCM-811 battery takes 98 minutes. Keyword 5 Low temperature discharge performance-90% 25 ℃ is the best operating temperature of the blade battery, at this time the discharge energy ratio is 100%. As the temperature decreases, this ratio will gradually decrease; but at -10 ℃ and -20 ℃, both can be stabilized at 90%. Keyword 6 Cycle life-5,000 times After 5,000 charge-discharge cycles, the cycle life of the blade battery remained above 80%; the NCM811 battery as a control group had about 2,000 cycles. Reported by Jack Shen AOTELEC BATTERY  2020-6-6

Thanks for the patience of clients in Italy, due to the impact of COVID-19, the delivery time was delay. Finally, the automatic sorting machine is completed and pass the factory acceptance test by customer, we will their FAT protocl and provide on-line testing report to them, also took some pictures and short videos to prove it. For this automatic 18650 battery sorting machine, it is consists of an automatic feeder, an automatic printer, a 5-channel test system, an automatic sorter, a belt-type receiver and so on. With barcode reading function, the effeciency is above 5500pcs per hour, around 5500-6200pcs. It is very fast sorting speed in the market. Easy operation and save labor cost. Without further ado, let’s check it: