In order to seize the opportunity in the new energy field in the future, domestic companies are also actively developing all-solid-state lithium batteries. On February 26, 2022, the Qingtao New Energy solid-state lithium battery industrialization project with a total investment of 5 billion yuan broke ground in Kunshan Development Zone. The solid-state lithium battery industrialization project started this time will reach an annual installed capacity of 10 billion watt-hours. After reaching production, the annual output value is expected to increase by 10 billion yuan.

It is understood that Qingtao Energy is a high-tech enterprise led by the team of Academician Nan Cewen of Tsinghua University. It is committed to the technological development and industrial production of all-solid-state lithium batteries and their key materials and production equipment.

Solid-state lithium battery is recognized as the next-generation power battery technology, and Qingtao is in a leading position in the global solid-state lithium battery industry. Since it was introduced by Kunshan as a "head geese talent" project in 2016, Qingtao has built an independent and controllable intellectual property system, and has successively built the first domestic solid-state lithium battery production line with a production capacity of 0.1GWh and the world's first large-scale solid-state battery production line. The power battery 1GWh production line leads the global process of solid-state battery industrialization. At present, the company has completed multiple rounds of investment and has become a "unicorn" enterprise with a valuation of nearly 20 billion yuan from a registered capital of 10 million yuan.

In 2020, Qingtao Energy will build the world's first large-scale mass production line for solid-state power lithium batteries, realizing a capacity upgrade from 0.1GWh to 1GWh. At the same time, a key step in technology research and production was taken, and the Nezha U pure electric vehicle prototype, a new energy vehicle equipped with Qingtao Energy's solid-state battery system, was officially launched. Feng Yuchuan, chairman of Qingtao Energy, said in an interview with the media at the end of 2021 that the new production base of Qingtao Energy is gradually turning from a blueprint into a reality. In 2021, the company has also undergone shareholding restructuring, and completed the F round of financing led by Shanghai Kechuang Investment, Cosen Technology and other institutions, with a corporate valuation of 10.309 billion yuan. Editor/Sang Xiaomei