"Three new cars launched daily"... CATL warns of "red alert" over indiscriminate battery defect chain

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Robin Zeng, chairman of CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited), warned on the 3rd that battery quality issues are emerging as China's electric vehicle development schedules become urgent and price competition intensifies.

This diagnosis asserts that an unprecedented speed in new product launch cycles is seriously threatening quality control across the entire parts supply chain and the safety of finished vehicles. This marks the first time a leader of China's largest battery manufacturer has issued an official warning regarding battery quality issues.

Chairman Robin Zeng analyzed that the current Chinese automobile market is engulfed in fierce price discount competition between numerous emerging brands and established automakers, as well as a race toward electrification. According to actual statistics, an average of about three new models enter the market daily, representing a level of over-speed growth without precedent. However, as the harms of such rapid quantitative expansion are being signaled everywhere, Chairman Zeng pointed out that the first problem is causing extreme stress throughout the entire parts ecosystem.

In particular, CATL analyzed that automakers are compromising core safety standards in the process of unreasonably shortening launch schedules to cut costs and secure market share. Consequently, the risk of fatal battery defects occurring en masse at specific manufacturing lot (Batch) levels has surged, which

can directly lead to vehicle fires and major safety accidents.

Market analysts warn that if this excessive competition continues for a long time, it could lead not only to the chain bankruptcy of financially vulnerable small-scale companies but also damage the global credibility of China's entire EV industry. Overly shortened development cycles are causing quality deterioration, and consumer anxiety is growing. It is important to note whether CATL's warning will serve as an opportunity for the ecosystem, which has been skewed toward quantitative expansion, to shift to qualitative safety management.

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