CATL has signed both a strategic cooperation agreement and a product cooperation agreement with Blue Vector (Lanse Xiangliang), and will custom-develop an aviation power battery for Blue Vector's SKYLA V30 aircraft, the company said on November 2.
Blue Vector has designated CATL as its exclusive battery partner, and the two sides will jointly advance the innovation and application of electric-aviation technology.
The move extends CATL's battery expertise from road vehicles into the low-altitude-economy and urban-air-mobility segment, as Chinese firms race to commercialize electric vertical-take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Source: China News Report (compiled from National Business Daily, Tencent News).
