
What’s new: SAIC Motor Corp. Ltd. (600104.SH) (上汽集团) said it plans to start mass producing solid-state batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) by 2026, which could make the Chinese state-owned automaker one of the world’s first to commercialize the potentially groundbreaking technology.
In a three-year plan announced at a company conference Friday, China’s largest automaker by sales said it aims to have established a solid-state battery production line by 2025, begin mass production in 2026 and launch models equipped with the batteries in 2027.