I may well buy a Chinese EV one day… but only when they’ve sorted out their battery safety issues!
BYD Blade battery is said to be the safest EV battery up to know, according to chicken fried rice, I mean automotive experts 🙂
Catl and BYD are the worlds largest battery manufacturers. Catl hold the No. 1 spot after LG Chem were moved down a few pegs, following numerous fire issues. Catl have/are build a massive European battery plant.
Interesting read especialy the last but one paragraph.
According to the newspaper’s report, there is now growing concern in South Korea that Chinese cell manufacturers are increasingly making inroads in the country – some customers reportedly feel deceived and apparently want to cancel their orders. In addition, “Hankook Ilbo” is also raising concerns about the battery from China: it is “the first time that CATL, which mainly produces lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries, has mass-produced NCM batteries in a car model. This means that quality or safety has not been demonstrated,” the report says. But this is not true: NMC cells from CATL are installed in the BMW iX3, Mercedes EQE and Mercedes EQS, among others.
https://www.electrive.com/2022/06/22/kia-niro-ev-to-use-catl-batteries/