CATL CTO On The Truth About 3-Minute Charging, Sodium & Solid-State!
Everything Electric Podcast
The Fully Charged Show
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
From 3-minute charging and 1,500 km batteries to the reality of solid-state development, this episode delves into the breakthroughs, bottlenecks, and global power struggle defining the future of EVs.
- CATL's 3 min 44 sec charging breakthrough
- 350 Wh/kg "Condensed State" batteries
- Why EV weight is becoming a major battleground
- The real timeline for solid-state batteries
- CATL's expansion into Germany and Europe
- The future of battery recycling and circular supply chains
- China vs Europe in the global battery race
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Everything Electric Show podcast. |
| 0:13.8 | Today we have a very special guest, I will be due from CATL. |
| 0:18.7 | We're at the Beijing Motor Show 2026 and we've got a really lucky chance to speak to you. You're from CATL. We're at the Beijing Motor Show 2026 and we've got a really lucky chance |
| 0:23.4 | to speak to you. You're from CATL. I've got you for about 30 minutes. So obviously I'm very |
| 0:29.4 | interested in CATL. We think the battery technology that goes into the cars in the market is |
| 0:35.5 | one of the most important innovations in the market. |
| 0:40.3 | And I think that being able to speak to you is very lucky for us and the listeners. |
| 0:45.3 | So if you could just introduce yourself and what do you do? |
| 0:48.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:49.3 | Hello everyone. My name is Limba Su. |
| 0:52.3 | My current job is double low. |
| 0:55.0 | First, I'm responsible for the technology development for overseas market, except China. |
| 1:02.0 | Of course, we have a good connection also with our domestic team. |
| 1:05.0 | My second job is to respond for the business in Europe. |
| 1:09.0 | I joined CTO 14 years ago after my |
| 1:15.8 | education and the work in US and since then I responded for the first I |
| 1:20.8 | respond for the sales development then project management and sales all kind of |
| 1:25.6 | functions now I'm the CTO for overseas market. |
| 1:29.3 | Yes. |
| 1:30.3 | So I find that a lot of people who work for CATL are engineers first, |
| 1:34.3 | and then they kind of move into other corporate roles. |
| 1:37.3 | So you were an engineer, is that right? |
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