TAIYUAN, May 18 (Xinhua) -- China on Sunday launched a next-generation battery-swapping ecosystem for heavy-duty trucks, targeting 50 percent electric penetration in the sector within three years, as part of its push to decarbonize freight transport.
The launch event, co-hosted by the China Communications and Transportation Association and battery giant CATL in Datong City, north China’s Shanxi Province, highlighted the driving aim of slashing logistics costs while meeting carbon neutrality goals.
At the event, CATL unveiled its #75 standardized battery model and all-scenario chassis-based swapping solution, promising the lowest lifecycle cost per tonne-kilometer and industry-leading safety. The company claimed that trucks using its system save 0.62 yuan (about 8.6 U.S. cents) per km over diesel models, translating to over 60,000 yuan annually for high-mileage operators.
CATL’s solution separates batteries from vehicles, reducing R&D costs for manufacturers and purchase costs for buyers. Its #75 model allows flexible configurations and meets standardized swapping requirements, according to Yang Jun, the battery maker’s general manager in charge of the battery swapping business.
By 2030, the battery maker plans to build an "Eight Horizontal and Ten Vertical" nationwide network of swapping stations covering 150,000 km of expressways and trunk roads, serving 80 percent of trunk line freight capacity. CATL will first establish 300 stations by 2025 across key regions like Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Robin Zeng, founder and chairman of CATL, stated that under the dual pressures and opportunities of carbon neutrality and logistics cost reduction, the heavy-duty truck sector is poised for explosive growth in the next three years, projecting 50 percent electrification. The company has partnered with over 10 automakers to roll out more than 30 chassis-based battery-swapping heavy-duty truck models.
Guan Zhao, an official with the Ministry of Transport, pledged policy support for integrating energy and transport systems, while Sun Fengchun, academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, endorsed chassis-based battery-swapping as it better enables full electrification and energy-transport synergy for heavy trucks.
Research bodies under the Ministry of Transport will collaborate with industry players to advance standardization and policy research, while CATL said it would partner with transport planning authorities, oil and petrochemical products suppliers and multiple provincial highway operators to deploy swapping stations along expressways and trunk roads, paving the way for large-scale adoption of battery-swapping technology in the trucking sector.
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