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CATL Expands Aviation Battery Push as eVTOL Market Takes Shape

Published: Nov. 14, 2026 1:29 a.m. GMT+8

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An AutoFlight eVTOL aircraft equipped with CATL's battery is displayed during the 23rd Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition in Guangzhou, on Nov. 22, 2025. Photo: VCG

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) signed its second exclusive partnership with an electric aircraft developer this month, expanding its presence in aviation batteries as the industry works toward commercial service.

The Shenzhen-listed battery maker said Thursday that it would be the exclusive aviation battery supplier to EVT Aerotechnics (Hangzhou) Co. Ltd. for its electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOLs) designed to carry passengers and cargo. On Nov. 2, CATL announced a separate exclusive agreement to develop customized batteries for Blue Vector Intelligent Technology’s SKYLA V30 all-electric tiltrotor aircraft.

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CATL signed its second exclusive eVTOL battery deal in November with EVT Aerotechnics, following Blue Vector.
It holds three Chinese eVTOL partnerships; aviation batteries demand stricter safety, like preventing propagation from two-cell thermal runaway.
CATL passed such a test; Sinolink forecasts China's eVTOL battery market at 112.6B yuan ($16.9B) by 2030.

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August 2024：: CATL announced an investment of several hundred million dollars in AutoFlight and plans to jointly develop eVTOL batteries.

April 2025：: Sinolink Securities forecast China's eVTOL battery market could reach 112.6 billion yuan by 2030.

August 2026：: CATL said its passenger-eVTOL battery system passed a test with two adjacent cells undergoing simultaneous thermal runaway without propagation.

November 2, 2026：: CATL announced an exclusive agreement to develop customized batteries for Blue Vector Intelligent Technology's SKYLA V30 all-electric tiltrotor aircraft.

November 11, 2026：: CATL signed an agreement with the Civil Aviation University of China to establish a joint laboratory focused on aviation battery certification standards, compliance verification and testing.

November 12, 2026：: CATL signed an exclusive partnership to be the aviation battery supplier to EVT Aerotechnics (Hangzhou) Co. Ltd. for its eVTOLs.

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