According to foreign media CnEVPost, Solaris, the largest electric bus maker in Poland, will use CATL’s lithium iron phosphate batteries and CTP technology.
As one of the largest electric bus makers in Europe, Solaris currently produces pure electric buses, hydrogen fuel cell buses, trams, and other vehicle models. In 2021, the company delivered a total of 390 vehicles, surpassing BYD’s 375 and Mercedes-Benz’s 333.
It is currently unclear whether Solaris will use CATL’s latest CTP 3.0 technology, which was released in March of this year.
However, this is not the first time CATL has exported its CTP technology. In October 2021, CATL signed a cooperation agreement with Hyundai Mobis, the most important supplier of Hyundai-Kia, authorizing Mobis to use CATL’s CTP battery technology.
In May 2022, CATL provided CTP technology support and battery products to Arun Plus, a state-owned energy company in Thailand.
Although domestic car companies such as Zeekr and BYD have already adopted more advanced CTC and CTB technologies, integrating the battery packs into the vehicle chassis by directly removing the P (battery pack) in the CTP, for those companies that do not have too much battery technology, choosing the more mature CATL CTP solution is undoubtedly the better choice.
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