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"In November, GAC, an Australian-bound automotive giant from China, unveiled an
electric hatchback called the Aion UT. Then in September this year, a pink Aion
UT was spotted testing on Australian roads, hinting at the potential of that
car making it into our market in the near future.
Now, a new variant of the Aion UT has been shown to be able to swap an empty
pack for a charged one in just 88 seconds, quicker than its advertised speed of
just 99 seconds.
The Aion UT Super is expected to be priced from under $A22,000 and comes
equipped with the latest battery-swapping tech from the world’s biggest battery
maker, CATL, called the Choco swap.
In a video shared by Thinkercar on X, the new Aion UT is seen driving into
CATL’s new battery swap station and gets its battery swapped automatically, in
just 88 seconds.
A fully charged battery pack can deliver up to 500 km of NEDC range, which is
likely to be closer to 400 km on the WLTP cycle used in Australia.
CATL’s new Choco battery swap stations also appear to be faster than the global
leader in battery swap stations, Nio, which recently completed 90 million
battery swaps for EVs.
The battery for the Aion UT Super is a CATL-produced, Choco 54 kWh
Lithium-Iron-Phosphate (LFP) pack.
According to Chinese EV industry expert and analyst, Lei Xing, CATL has already
rolled out 777 Choco battery swap stations, with the plan to roll out 1,000
sites by the end of 2025.
These sites will be across 45 cities and are expected to be ramped up to 120
cities in 2026, thanks to a network of 2,500 expected open sites.
Long term, the company aims to roll out over 30,000 stations across China and
could even have implications for international markets.
CATL’s Choco battery-swapping tech is expected to be available in future
models, making battery swapping a bigger part of electrifying transport."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
