Overview

• JD announced a three‑way project with CATL’s Times EV Service and GAC to deliver a “national good car,” with JD handling consumer insight and exclusive retail, GAC building the vehicle, and CATL’s unit providing battery swap and pack systems.
• The model is slated for a formal debut during the Double 11 period with sales limited to JD’s platform, and the JD app has opened test‑drive reservations and preference surveys.
• Media reports, citing people familiar, suggest a price band of RMB 100,000–120,000 and indicate the car may use CATL’s Chocolate swap system on a GAC Aion swap model, details not yet fully confirmed by all parties.
• Separately, CATL said it signed a strategic cooperation agreement with JD covering an official direct channel for Chocolate swap, promotion of car‑battery separation, and expansion of swap‑enabled vehicle sales.
• The CATL–JD pact also spans battery aftersales via the nationwide JD Auto service network, heavy‑truck swap pilots tied to JD’s logistics routes, and integrated “light‑storage‑charge‑swap” energy solutions for zero‑carbon logistics parks.