Huawei-backed smart car business to cooperate with CATL on battery swapping

Channel News Asia Monday 19 October 2026, 13:07 UTC 1 min read

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Huawei-backed smart car business to cooperate with CATL on battery swapping BEIJING, Oct 19 : Huawei-affiliated Chinese smart vehicle company Yinwang Intelligent Technology has signed a cooperation agreement with CATL and CATL's battery-swapping subsidiary, it said on Monday. The collaboration between Yinwang and the leading battery maker will cover swappable batteries as well as the battery-swap network, the statement showed.

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Huawei-backed smart car business to cooperate with CATL on battery swapping

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