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CHINA: CATL Makes Battery Breakthroughs, Leapmotor D19 and VW’s China EVs | 22 Apr 2026

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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CATL PUSHES SIX BATTERY BETS https://evne.ws/4u2R3Yf

CATL CLAIMS FASTER CHARGING THAN BYD https://evne.ws/4tWWWpF

CATL LAUNCHES THIRD-GENERATION QILIN BATTERY https://evne.ws/3QzVtqX

CATL SETS 2026 SODIUM BATTERY START https://evne.ws/3OlUkmm

CATL PUSHES EREV BATTERY RANGE TO 600 KM https://evne.ws/4tpqH2u

CATL LINKS SWAP AND SUPERCHARGING NETWORKS https://evne.ws/4cWd9FY

CHANGAN TO MERGE AVATR, DEEPAL BACK ENDS https://evne.ws/4vIyPgb

LEAPMOTOR LAUNCHES D19 FROM 219,800 YUAN https://evne.ws/48e9UqN

VOLKSWAGEN ADDS TWO CHINA-MARKET NEVS https://evne.ws/4cA6Czn

VOLKSWAGEN ANHUI LAUNCHES ID. UNYX 08 https://evne.ws/3Qns976

VOLKSWAGEN USES JETTA FOR CHINA'S BUDGET EV PUSH https://evne.ws/42lM8FM

ONVO L90 HOLDS PRICE AS TECH RISES https://evne.ws/4eCgM5b

Transcript

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0:00.0

Dating apps? Easy. Online shopping? Simple. Banking app? Sorted. Life admin? Ugh. That's what a digital ID could change.

0:14.3

And the government is opening a conversation to make it work for you. Your voice will shape the final product.

0:21.8

So search Digital ID consultation to have your say.

0:25.9

Digital ID, making it work for you.

0:30.0

Dating apps? Easy.

0:33.0

Online shopping? Simple.

0:35.6

Banking app? Sorted.

0:44.0

Life admin? Ugh. That's what a digital ID could change.

0:51.1

And the government is opening a conversation to make it work for you. Your voice will shape the final product.

0:58.0

So search digital ID consultation to have your say. Digital ID, making it work for you. Welcome back to EV News, China on the podcast today. CATL unveils six battery

1:05.3

breakthroughs, Leap Motors, D-19 and VW's China EVs. Plus, stay tuned. Later in the show, I'll tell you why Neo's Envo brand is

1:13.1

offering incredible value with their new ish L90. Welcome to EV News China, the podcast about the

1:19.9

world's largest EV market every day. I bring your headlines, insights and analysis right from

1:25.4

the heart of China's booming EV industry. And together we try and decode

1:29.8

what it means for how it shapes the global landscape. No messing around today. It's a long script

1:35.7

and I'm going to get straight into it. CATL just pushed six battery breakthroughs. So let's try and get

1:41.4

through all of this and the rest of the news. CATL used their super tech day to showcase six new battery technologies.

1:48.1

Their chief scientist, Dr. Wu Kai, said LFP chemistry is approaching its theoretical energy

1:53.6

density ceiling that LFP suits fast-charging roadmaps.

1:58.5

The clearest example came in the first of their six innovations.

2:02.4

Their new, Shenzheng 3, super fast-charging battery. C-A-T-L said it charges 10 to 90 in less than

2:10.7

seven minutes, six minutes something. That's a 90%. That's not a 10 to 80, a 10 to 90, effectively

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