CATL Tech Day: Shenxing III Charges LFP in 3 Minutes 44 Seconds, and Sodium-Ion Gets a Production Date

At its Beijing Tech Day on April 21, CATL unveiled the third-generation Shenxing LFP battery (10-80% in 3 min 44 sec), the Qilin 3 NMC pack (1,000 km range, 3,000 kW output), a production-ready condensed matter battery at 350 Wh/kg, and confirmed Q4 2026 mass delivery of sodium-ion cells.