A and B will help in the journey: electric trucks will not stop even with a dead battery A new breakthrough in electric double range extender technology for heavy trucks was presented by the Chinese battery manufacturer CATL. The new product should remove the main problem of electric trucks - the risk of speed loss. All thanks to the "A+B" architecture: A - these are the main removable batteries with a high capacity of 432 kWh or 513 kWh (depending on the wheelbase), which can be replaced in just 5 minutes. B - Stationary battery pack (77 kW) for backup power. As a result, the driver will be able to completely discharge the main battery (up to 5% SOC). The system will switch to the backup battery, on which you can easily reach the nearest battery replacement station. Their numbers are growing rapidly in China. By the end of this year there will be about 900, with plans to build another 2,000 in 2027, with a total goal of 10,000 stations. The company believes that all this will allow electric trucks to be equal in ease of use to diesel trucks. At the same time, receiving significant savings - more than 460,000 yuan ($68,700) for a three-year cycle. Therefore, CATL is sure that electric trucks have already won the competition against their diesel "brothers". Over the past four years, their penetration rate in China has increased from 5.2% to 50.28%. In Russia, everything is different so far - electric transport remains exotic. Especially when it comes to the heavy truck segment. Charge flow in Telegram | up to MAX.

A and B will help in the journey: electric trucks will not stop even with a dead battery A new breakthrough in electric double range extender technology for heavy trucks was presented by the Chinese battery manufacturer CATL. The new product should remove the main problem of electric trucks - the risk of speed loss. All thanks to the "A+B" architecture: A - these are the main removable batteries with a high capacity of 432 kWh or 513 kWh (depending on the wheelbase), which can be replaced in just 5 minutes. B - Stationary battery pack (77 kW) for backup power. As a result, the driver will be able to completely discharge the main battery (up to 5% SOC). The system will switch to the backup battery, on which you can easily reach the nearest battery replacement station. Their numbers are growing rapidly in China. By the end of this year there will be about 900, with plans to build another 2,000 in 2027, with a total goal of 10,000 stations. The company believes that all this will allow electric trucks to be equal in ease of use to diesel trucks. At the same time, receiving significant savings - more than 460,000 yuan ($68,700) for a three-year cycle. Therefore, CATL is sure that electric trucks have already won the competition against their diesel "brothers". Over the past four years, their penetration rate in China has increased from 5.2% to 50.28%. In Russia, everything is different so far - electric transport remains exotic. Especially when it comes to the heavy truck segment. Charge flow in Telegram | up to MAX.