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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Ev battery giant touts longer range - What They Never Told You

Cross-sections of EV batteries are displayed at the headquarters of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL) in Ningde, Fujian province, China. (Bloomberg Photo)

SHANGHAI: The world’s biggest electric vehicle (EV) battery maker says it is working on new materials that would enable a vehicle to travel 700 kilometres on a single charge.

The new materials would improve energy density by 10% to 20% compared to iron phosphate batteries, according to Zeng Yuqun, the chairman of China-based CATL.

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