[Solid-State: Gotion Holding's 20,000-Ton Solid-State Battery Key Material Project Lands In Anhui]

Wu Kai, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and chief scientist of CATL, said at the 2026 Equipment Power Forum that the company will achieve mass production of a series of sodium-ion battery products this year. Compared with lithium-ion batteries, sodium-ion batteries have abundant raw material resources and lower costs. Looking ahead, lithium-air batteries will be CATL's future direction. Wu Kai explained that lithium-air batteries use lithium as the negative electrode and oxygen from the air as the positive electrode reactant, offering ultra-high theoretical energy density and representing the next global battleground for next-generation batteries.

​​​​​​​Industrialization accelerated sharply in May: SAIC MG 4X launched with a semi-solid battery (53.9kWh, 510km range). Gotion Hi-Tech unveiled its “Jinshi” all-solid-state battery (400Wh/kg) aiming for 1 yuan/Wh cost by 2030. Qingtao Energy’s 5-billion-yuan, 20GWh project advanced. MIIT started solid-state battery standards.

CIBF2026 Solid-State Battery Recap: It’s Complicated – Everyone Is Moving Toward Solid-State, but Everyone Is Still Testing the Waters May 13–15, 2026 – The solid-state battery exhibition revealed that solid-state has become a "must-have" for exhibitors. However, technology paths (sulfide/oxide/semi-solid) remain deeply divided, the definition of "mass production" has been diluted, and most products are still in the sample-validation stage.