Chinese battery company Talent New Energy made the headlines in July 2023, after it secured a new round of financing. CNEV Post reported the money would go into a factory to manufacture ‘next-generation battery technology’. Then Talent fell away from the headlines, leaving a hint of a solid-state lithium-oxide battery hanging. Now breaking news hints at a Talent New Energy EV battery with a 1250 mile range.
Solid-State Lithium Battery with 1250 Mile Range
Website NewsYou broke with the story on April 8, 2024. Some other channels referred to Talent New Energy as Tailan New Energy, although we did not find a website for either at first. Website Electrek also carried the news, so we believe it is genuine.
The Talent New Energy product appears to be a solid-state lithium battery for EV’s, promising a 1250 mile range between full battery recharges. This would make the battery twice as dense as any other we know of, representing a significant step forward.
The private Chinese company established in 2018 with the goal of ‘technological development and industrialization of new solid-state batteries and key materials of lithium batteries’. By 2023 it could claim to be ‘on the list of the top 100 Unicorns of China’.
What Are the ‘Top 100 Unicorns of China’?
You may well ask because we had to Google it as well. China Daily says China Unicorns are start-ups worth over one billion U.S. dollars each. This story was rapidly gaining credibility in our minds, especially when we finally stumbled over the company website (see link below).
The Talent New Energy battery claiming a 1250 mile range for electric vehicles, boasts 720 watt-hours per kilogram per the NewsYou website. This is twice the strength of leading brands we know.
NewsYou explains the Chinese start-up, ‘improved the mobility of charged particles inside the cathode by building an effective ion and electron transfer network. And used proprietary flexible materials to effectively reduce total resistance and increase surface stability’. That is all the information we could find for now.
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