World's first ultra-safe skateboard chassis launched in Shanghai

According to Yang, with the battery-centered design, CATL's Bedrock Chassis utilizes cell-to-chassis integration technology, which directly integrates the battery cells into the chassis and allows for a shared structural design between them. Based on the decoupling of the chassis from the upper body, the Bedrock Chassis is capable of absorbing 85 percent of the vehicle's collision energy, while that of traditional chassis is around 60 percent.

"Amid the high competitiveness in the new energy vehicle industry, competitive pricing should never come at the cost of safety," said Ni Jun, chief manufacturing officer of CATL, adding that safety is the lifeline that runs through the development of CATL.

According to Ni, there is an R&D team of nearly 20,000 members at CATL making restless efforts to raise the safety of batteries, and the company's research and development investment reached about 18.4 billion yuan ($2.52 billion) in 2023.

Yang said the launch of the Bedrock Chassis is expected to redefine the standard for intelligent chassis safe and accelerate the transformation towards modular, personalized and intelligent automotive design.