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CATL has opened its largest Ning Service Centre outside Asia in Oslo. The site is intended to support Norway and the Nordic region with battery testing, maintenance, repair, second-life applications and recycling.
The source says Beijing wants large-scale production of solid-state batteries by 2030, and that CATL says making the technology affordable is another matter.
Smart said the new #2 will be an all-electric two-seater with a CATL battery, about 300 km WLTP range and 20-minute fast charging. The announcement matters because it shows a new small EV model with updated platform and safety technology.
CATL supplied cells for what the source describes as the world’s first large-scale battery energy storage project. The source says the cells were tested after 14 years and that none has been replaced.
CATL has added an Oslo location to its European battery-service network as it expands maintenance and lifecycle support in the region.
CATL has started trial operation of the first two production lines at its battery-cell plant in Debrecen, Hungary, ahead of series manufacturing.