China will release its solid-state battery standards in July. Car news China reports, citing Mine driverswith the chief scientist of the China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC) sharing that mass production of solid-state batteries is expected to begin next year.
Here’s the timeline. A draft was reportedly completed in December 2025 and the public consultation period will run until the end of February, during which CATARC will conduct verification tests. The new standards are expected to be fully reviewed and approved by April before being released in July, and will draw lines between liquid, semi-solid and fully solid-state batteries.
Solid-state batteries are thermally stable and very energy dense: they can reach 300-400 Wh/kg, or about double what a typical lithium iron phosphate (LFP) pack can muster. They use a solid block made of polymer, oxides or sulfides instead of a liquid electrolyte to shuttle charge-carrying ions between the anode and cathode.
The MG4 Anxin Edition is the first production car with a semi-solid-state battery, while the Verge TS Pro e-bike is the first production vehicle with a fully solid-state battery. Geely is also developing a fully solid-state battery; we should hear more from Hangzhou later this year. Others working on the technology (or have explored it in the past) include BYD, Chery, GAC, Dongfeng, FAW, Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mercedes, BMW, Ford, Nio, Hyundai and VinFast.
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