Visitors learn about power batteries used on new energy vehicles during the EV & ES Battery-Empowered Green and Low-carbon Travel Exhibition of the 2022 World EV & ES Battery Conference in Yibin, Southwest China's Sichuan province, July 21, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua]
BEIJING - China's power battery output saw rapid expansion in July, industry data showed.
The power battery output stood at 61 gigawatt-hours(GWh) last month, up 28.9 percent year-on-year, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed.
About 40.5 GWh of lithium iron phosphate batteries were produced, increasing by 35.6 percent from a year earlier, and making up 66.4 percent of the monthly total.
In the first seven months, China's power battery output rose 35.4 percent year-on-year to 354.6 GWh.
The production of new energy vehicles jumped 30.6 percent year-on-year to 805,000 units last month, and sales rose 31.6 percent to 780,000 units.
Source: By Xinhua News Agency, chinadaily.com. Aug 13, 2023 [https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202308/13/WS64d82101a31035260b81bc84.html]