CATL's Battery Development Is More Complex Than the "De-CATL" Debate Suggests
AIImpact Auto's LS8 NEO pure electric SUV, priced around 250,000 yuan, will use CATL batteries across its lineup, with 93 kWh LFP and 103 kWh NCM options. QbitAI visited CATL's Ningde headquarters and found that cell production involves over 7,000 quality control points and targets defect rates at the parts-per-billion level.