The Chinese battery manufacturer Sunwoda Electric Vehicle Battery has presented the SFC480, a particularly fast-charging battery that is to go into series production this year.
The new battery can charge an electric vehicle with an output of up to 480 kW and offers a range of 700 kilometres, according to the company. The SFC480 battery is designed for up to 50,000 charge-discharge cycles. Vice president of Sunwoda, Zhang Yao, added that the company is continually improving the materials, structure and assembly techniques, and expects to improve the maximum range to 1,100 km by the year 2026.
Sunwoda started a collaboration with Nissan in 2020 to develop next-gen batteries for Nissan’s e-Power hybrid vehicles. Since then, the technology collaborations have been increased with the help of Chinese EV manufacturer Geely, who launched a subsidiary joint venture through their subsidiary Jirun Automobile in 2021 to also develop batteries for hybrid vehicles. Now, Sunwoda is taking their developments to the market, supported by two new battery factories, which were announced earlier this year.
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