How CATL Made Batteries 90% Cheaper (And What Happens Next) [14:19]

YouTube ^ | August 12, 2025 | Undecided with Matt Ferrell

[SunkenCiv]

How CATL Made Batteries 90% Cheaper (And What Happens Next). What if I told you the world's largest battery company just announced batteries that cost as low as $10 per kilowatt hour? Not $100. Ten. And the kicker? They're using salt. Yes, the same stuff sitting on your kitchen table. But CATL makes more lithium batteries than anyone else on the planet. They're literally winning the lithium game. So why are they suddenly pivoting to a technology that's been considered second-rate for decades? No technical papers. No detailed explanations. Just bold claims and two new products ready to hit the market. So is this the real deal that changes everything? Or are we looking at tech hype that’s too salty to swallow? 

How CATL Made Batteries 90% Cheaper (And What Happens Next) | 14:19 
Undecided with Matt Ferrell | 1.67M subscribers | 1,365,149 views | August 12, 2025

 

00:00 - Intro 
02:23 - Sodium Basics 
05:11 - Naxtra 
07:48 - Freevoy 
09:15 - Drawbacks 
11:20 - Outlook

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: batteries; battery; catl; elonmusk; ev; evs; tesla

[SunkenCiv]

The rest of the CATL keyword, sorted:

• Chinese military-tied company appears to be choosing new hires at Ford battery plant company [06/29/2025]
• CATL super battery to power a new breed of long-range plug-in hybrid [10/26/2024]
• China's CATL promises a revolutionary long-range electric aircraft by 2028 [06/27/2024]
• 90-seat Elysian airliner: 800-1,000-km range on batteries alone [01/12/2024]
• Teslas May Soon Boast 434+ Miles Range and 15-Min Fast Charging with New Battery Tech [09/07/2023]
• Rubio sparks investigation into Michigan electric vehicle deal, demands review of Chinese relationship with Ford [02/15/2023]
• Pelosi's Taiwan Trip Spurs CATL to Pause EV Battery Plant Plans [08/02/2022]
• CATL (China) Looks To Mexico For Battery Factories To Supply Tesla And Ford [07/18/2022]
• How Hunter Biden's Firm Helped Secure Cobalt for the Chinese [11/20/2021]
• Apple May Have Found New Partners for Its EV Project [Apple car, LG, Magna] [04/19/2021]
• Shares Of Chinese Battery Maker CATL Surge As Company Said To Be Considered For Apple's EV Project [04/19/2021]

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[SunkenCiv]

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited, (CATL) | Wikipedia

[ckilmer]

Where did sodium batteries originate?

[SunkenCiv]

I’m just running a multiple keyword list, I think I saw it in there...

[SunkenCiv]

• New Sodium Battery Design Works Even at Subzero Temperatures [09/30/2025]
• Charging future EVs could take seconds with new sodium-ion battery tech [05/06/2024]
• Sodium-ion batteries are real in China. [11/22/2023]
• CATL Will Mass Produce Sodium-Ion Batteries in 2023 [10/30/2023]
• BYD's Seagull Starts At Just $11,300 And Has Sodium-Ion Battery (Good-looking car - CURRENTLY available only in China) [09/15/2023]

[ckilmer]

Sounds like China

[nickcarraway]

All my cattle usae batteries. It makes it easier to steer.

[algore]

The stock market does not seem to be super enthusiastic yet.

but I have put it on my watch list

[SunkenCiv]

CATL launches the world’s first LFP battery with 470+ miles range and 10-minute charging
Peter Johnson
Sep 8 2025 - 10:18 am PT
https://electrek.co/2025/09/08/catl-launches-worlds-first-lfp-battery-with-470-miles-range/

[SunkenCiv]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium-ion_battery#History

[SunkenCiv]

/rimshot!

[SunkenCiv]

I generally avoid Chinese stocks. Also hospitality/transportation stocks (hotels, resorts, casinos, cruise lines, airlines, railroads), ‘vices’ (alcohol, smokes, and in particular pot; really anything that’s gotta chase margins because of good substitutes — gasoline, grocery retailing, etc), and, sometimes, stocks that turn out to have been very good buys for other people. 😁

https://search.brave.com/search?q=catl+stock+price

[aquila48]

‘The stock market does not seem to be super enthusiastic yet.’

It’s up around 30% this year and about doubled in 2 years - not bad!

But it’s not traded in any of the US exchanges (only China and HK), otherwise I would get some.

[exnavy]

I say no to EV’s.

[100%FEDUP]

Where did sodium batteries originate?

Ancient Egypt

[Fresh Wind]

10 minutes charging...as long as no other people are expecting 10 minute charging in the same area.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[RoosterRedux]

If I understand this correctly, this is all in China—and the CCP controls everything in China.

U.S.-traded Chinese companies still operate under weaker reporting and audit standards than U.S. firms. Many use offshore shell structures (VIEs) that obscure true ownership and financial transparency, much like U.S. markets before the reforms of 1933–34.

Genuine investing demands rigorous, empirical examination of each target. Anything less isn’t investing—it’s speculation, and speculation is gambling.

[Does so]

“As long as no other people are expecting 10 minute charging in the same area.”
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The trunk is big enough to carry a generator—gasoline-powered, of course...

[miniTAX]

“Breaking news” from Matt Ferrell, a long time sucker of every green propaganda. In other words, yet another one of his fakenews garbage.