Batteries are everywhere from electric vehicles to stationary storage to the device you're watching this episode on! And many of them come from the biggest battery company in the world, CATL possibly the biggest and most important company, you've never heard of. In this episode, Elliot gets a world exclusive tour around one of the CATL gigafactories in China to find out how these innumerate batteries are made. We promise you, it will blow your mind! ‪@fullychargedshow‬ ‪@EverythingElectricShow‬

00:00 Z Factory How to make a battery
01:23 In 10 million vehicles worldwide
02:22 Cathode room
03:03 Half a width of a human hair!
03:37 18,000 researchers
04:03 Rolling 2.2 million cells
05:49 Super cheap and super energy dense
06:31 The Baking Room
07:21 Electrolyte
07:54 Stationary storage
08:41 Charging and discharging
09:02 Cell testing
09:30 Battery swapping
10:25 The final stage!

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