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CATL's New TIANXING II Battery Charges an EV Truck in Under 9 Minutes
Aug 27th,2026
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Electric truck operators lose sleep over the same old problems — slow charging, batteries that don't last, range that tanks in winter, and chargers that never seem to match up. CATL's new TIANXING II battery for light commercial vans and trucks is designed to kill every single one of those headaches.It launched on July 10. And it's fast enough to make diesel drivers stop laughing.
8C Charging — Six Minutes Forty-Eight Seconds to 80%
The TIANXING II is the first logistics battery to hit an 8C peak charge rate. That's not just marketing talk. In the real world, it gets to 80% in 6 minutes and 48 seconds. Full charge takes under 9 minutes. That puts electric refueling right next to filling a diesel tank.Numbers worth remembering:• 8C peak charging rate• 6:48 to 80% SoC• 8:56 to full charge• 10-year / 1 million km warrantyFor fleet operators, less downtime means more deliveries per shift. And routes that used to need a mid-day charge break now don't.
One Million Kilometers — The Battery Outlives the Truck
Commercial EVs die silently — not from crashes, but from battery fade. CATL tackled that head-on. Internal resistance on the TIANXING II cells is half the industry average. Less resistance means less heat during fast charging. Less heat means slower degradation.They also rebuilt the graphite particle surface at the atomic level to stop lithium from getting trapped. The result? A battery that lasts longer than the truck it sits in. That's "vehicle-battery co-life" in CATL's words. For fleet owners, it means better resale value and lower total cost per kilometer.Cold weather used to be a dealbreaker for electric logistics in northern China. Not anymore. At minus 20 degrees Celsius, the TIANXING II only adds about two and a half minutes to the charging time. That's basically nothing compared to what older batteries suffer in winter.
Swap-Charge Stations — 4,000 Locations by 2026
A fast battery is useless without somewhere to plug it in. CATL rolled out passenger-commercial integrated swap-charge stations alongside the TIANXING II. These work for urban delivery, intercity runs, cold chain, and last-mile drops.Each station gets custom ultra-fast chargers tuned for light commercial specs. The cables are longer. The connectors sit where van and truck drivers expect them. No more wrestling with parking angles just to reach the port.The target: 4,000 stations across 190 Chinese cities by the end of 2026. That's enough coverage to make finding a charger feel routine instead of a daily gamble.
What This Means for the Industry
For anyone running electric light commercial fleets, the combination of 8C charging and a dense station network changes the math. Electric vans and trucks can finally go head-to-head with diesel on both range and turnaround time.As production ramps up and more vehicle models adopt the TIANXING II, the idea of "all-region, all-weather" ultra-fast charging stops being a promise and starts being normal. CATL didn't just release another battery. They reset the bar for the whole logistics electrification space.For buyers looking at similar LFP chemistry for stationary use, our CATL 3.2V 302Ah LiFePO4 prismatic cell wholesale follows the same low-internal-resistance logic. And if you're building a depot-level storage buffer for your own fleet chargers, our utility scale LFP storage cabinet solution pairs naturally with this kind of ultra-fast charging infrastructure. The Darong New Energy C&I peak shaving battery system is also a direct fit for logistics hubs looking to cut demand charges while keeping chargers online.
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