CATL first TIANXING(B) bus commercial power battery: 15 years 1.5 million kilometers of ultra-long life

Since 2013, more than 385,000 buses have been equipped with CATL batteries worldwide." According to the relevant person in charge of CATL, the new product released this time is another important achievement of CATL in the field of bus power battery, which can provide support for large-scale new energy city buses and power battery updates.

According to reports, the power battery is a tailor-made solution for the bus industry by CATL, with a long life of 15 years and 1.5 million kilometers, an ultra-high energy density of 175Wh/kg and a super safe protection performance of IP69 level.

It is understood that according to the annual calculation, for non-operating buses with less than 9 seats, the period is set at 15 years; For non-operating buses with more than nine seats, this period is reduced to 10 years. In addition, the service life of the vehicle is also subject to mileage and annual inspection standards: once the mileage reaches 600,000 kilometers or the annual inspection fails, the vehicle will be forced to scrap.

· Ultra-long life

According to the mileage, the mileage of medium-sized taxi passenger cars is generally 500,000 kilometers; The mileage of large rental passenger cars and rental passenger cars can also reach 600,000 kilometers.

The ultra-long life of 15 years 1.5 million kilometers obviously allows the battery warranty to cover the whole life cycle of the vehicle, and even according to the mileage, two generations of cars using the same power battery is not a word.

Therefore, the saying of CATL is "the same life of car and electricity, life worries."

· Highest energy density

The energy density of 175Wh/kg is known as the highest energy density in the bus industry, CATL uses a U-shaped sealing scheme, zero drawing Angle cover design, and integrated thermal management box, and volume energy density increased by 22%, and the battery is lighter, smaller and more flexible.

· All-weather security protection

In terms of safety, the Tianhang (B) -bus version battery can withstand the test of soaking water for up to 72 hours, and in extreme environments such as rainstorm weather and urban waterlogging, the battery can be eliminated to the maximum extent. In addition, the battery has also made an innovative design at the battery management system level, introducing a 24-hour intelligent security monitoring system to achieve "all-weather security protection".

CATL said that the Tianhang (B) -bus version of the commercial power battery is about to be mass-produced, and has cooperated with 13 car companies including Yutong, Jinlong, Jinlv, Hager, CRCRC, Zhongtong, Yaxing, Foton, Geely, Nanjing Jinlong, Ankai, Gree, Dongfeng, etc., and will be developed on 80 models.

The new energy bus market space is huge

In the new energy automobile industry, China's passenger car is the first category to achieve new energy. Industry statistics show that in 2022, the market share of new energy buses (including buses, highway buses, and light passengers) in China is close to 40%, of which the market penetration rate of new energy buses is as high as 98.8%.

Since commercial vehicles have always been the "hardest hit area" of carbon emissions, commercial vehicles, which only account for about 10% of China's car ownership, consume 51% of gasoline and diesel, and produce 56% of road traffic carbon emissions, therefore, the electrification of buses is of great significance.

There is a phenomenon that from the perspective of life cycle, most of the new energy buses have reached the upgrading period after 7 or 8 years of use. Industry data show that 2016-2018 is the fastest-developing stage of new energy buses in China. This means that at present, most of the power batteries carried by new energy customers have arrived or are about to arrive at the upgrade node.

The retirement of old batteries and the loading of new batteries is the trend of the industry, which is the huge demand for new energy bus power batteries under the background of upgrading in China.

From the perspective of the international market, according to IEA data, the global sales of new energy buses in 2023 is 51,200, and the penetration rate of electrification is only 3.1%, which is in the initial stage of the industry life cycle, and the potential of electrification space is considerable.

After excluding China's data, the global electric bus market is in an accelerated growth stage, with a compound growth rate of 54% in the past three years.

In the context of the electrification rate of only 3.1%, close to 97% of buses if all replaced by power batteries, this is obviously a huge market.

Ningde era of new energy bus strategy

From the beginning of its establishment, CATL began to lay out the commercial vehicle market.

In 2012, the second year of the company's formal establishment, CATL cooperated with Yutong Bus to establish the first 10-year strategic partnership.

In 2017, CATL commercial-generation fast charge was launched to achieve mass production of passenger cars, and released commercial-generation fast charge four years later, covering the heavy truck scene.

In 2019, CATL signed a long-term strategic cooperation agreement with Volkswagen (Latin America) Truck and Bus Company, and the cooperative models will carry the new standard battery pack developed and designed by Ningde Times for commercial vehicles.

In 2022, CATL high-specific energy battery pack debuted, the product system energy density can reach 160Wh/kg, and can be applied to almost all commercial scenarios.

In July this year, CATL officially launched its commercial power battery brand "TIANXING", and simultaneously released the "Tianhang Light Commercial vehicle (L)- supercharge version" and "Tianhang Light Commercial vehicle (L)- long life version" two products. These two battery products can achieve 4C supercharge capacity and 500km of live endurance, designed to pay tribute to commercial vehicle users and upstream and downstream partners, from the "Zhouyi" in the famous sentence "the sky is moving, the gentleman to self-improvement"? .

The release of Tianhang Light Commercial Vehicle (L) series products marks the further expansion of CATL in the field of commercial power batteries, providing a series of product solutions from 30 to 200kWh, live life of 150 to 500km, supporting supercharge and extended range applications, covering the whole scene needs of the logistics industry. 2.

Today, it is the official release of the Tianxing (B) - bus version of the commercial power battery, which shows that CATL continues to increase the commercial vehicle market, and CATL aims at not only the domestic market, but also the international market with more robust demand!