Overview
- China’s MIIT said it will draft a dedicated 15th Five plan for new battery industries, back battery‑swap innovation and vehicle–grid pilots, and study a carbon‑management policy framework.
- CATARC announced a three‑tier battery taxonomy—solid‑state, solid‑liquid hybrid, and liquid—and said corresponding national standards are being prepared.
- Sichuan Saike’s next‑generation high‑safety and all‑solid‑state project began initial production in Yibin with a 0.5 GWh line and products rated at 300–500 Wh/kg, with demonstrations targeted for 2027 and initial industrialization around 2030.
- Yibin highlighted its role as a manufacturing hub with planned capacity above 300 GWh, 210 GWh already built, a full closed‑loop industry chain, and claims that roughly one in ten power batteries worldwide is produced there.
- EVE Energy’s chairman emphasized lifecycle value and tighter quality control, targeting a defect rate shift from PPM to PPB, noting higher recycling value for ternary cells versus LFP, and advancing cold‑region research and vehicle–grid integration concepts.