BYD's blade battery has another success, or will be supplied to Hyundai Motor next year

According to South Korean media reports, Hyundai Motors is expected to use BYD-produced drive batteries in electric vehicles sold in China. Beijing Hyundai is negotiating with BYD on the supply of blade batteries. It is reported that BYD has set up a business unit responsible for cooperating with Hyundai Motor, and has proposed to provide batteries to Hyundai starting in 2022. Some insiders revealed that if Hyundai is willing, BYD plans to use part of the battery assembly line in Chongqing for the supply of Hyundai cars. According to official information, BYD's Chongqing Bishan power battery production base has reached a production capacity of 20GWh. In the future, BYD will add a 15GWh production line to expand the production capacity of 'blade batteries' to 35GWh. BYD Blade Battery In fact, as early as the beginning of February, there were media reports that the photos of the BYD Verdi Battery 2020 internal commendation meeting showed that two fixed-point projects have won excellent awards, one of which is the Hyundai project team, so there is a blade battery. It will be equipped with Hyundai Motor's related speculations. But immediately, Hyundai Motor officially announced the cooperation with SK Innovation and CATL, indicating that the two companies will serve as battery suppliers for Hyundai’s E-GMP platform and provide a new batch of lithium-ion for Hyundai Motor’s electric vehicles launched after 2023. Battery. The rumors of the cooperation between Hyundai Motor and BYD have temporarily come to an end. However, as the LG Chem battery caught fire recently, which led to the fermentation of a large-scale pure electric vehicle recall of Hyundai Motor, the 20-year partnership between the two companies seems to be no longer so stable. At the same time, Hyundai’s information in the first quarter of this year is not stable. There is no mention of LG Chem providing batteries for new models of the E-GMP platform, which also means that Hyundai currently has a large demand for battery supply. BYD also replied to the incident before: It is not convenient for us to disclose customer information. Do not rule out the possibility of future cooperation with Hyundai.