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Thank you, Mr. Air, a netizen of CTOnews.com, for your clue delivery! CTOnews.com September 13 news, according to 36 krypton reports, a number of industry chain people said that Weilai is preparing with the power battery company Honeycomb Energy to set up a joint venture, the two sides jointly develop large cylindrical batteries.

According to the same report on ▲ Touyuan's official website, Weilai initially plans to invest in a pilot line with Honeycomb Energy in Maanshan, and some of the R & D personnel of the two companies will also merge, but the manufacturing and procurement of both sides will remain independent. A person close to the industry chain said that the follow-up mass production node could be in 2025.

A source familiar with the industry chain told the media that at present, sample An of the large cylindrical battery (that is, prototype sample) of Weilai is still under construction, and after cooperation with Honeycomb, sample A will be imported to the pilot line jointly built by Honeycomb and Weilai for follow-up quality verification and development.

The large cylindrical battery mentioned in the report can be seen as an advanced version of the existing cylindrical battery. At present, the power battery has cylindrical, square, soft bag and other forms, among which the large cylindrical battery has the advantages of high energy density, high safety, long life and so on. The representative is Tesla released 4680 cylindrical batteries in September 2020.

As a new energy brand specializing in "changing electricity", Weilai has been under a lot of pressure in the context of soaring prices of lithium mines and power batteries last year, and has since begun to prepare self-made batteries.

In February, Reuters quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Lailai was planning to build its first battery factory in Hefei to reduce its reliance on the Ningde era, CTOnews.com reported earlier. The plant is said to have a planned capacity of 40GWh, and its batteries are similar to Tesla's 4680 and 4695 large cylindrical batteries. After it is put into production, it is expected to power about 400000 long-range electric vehicles.

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