Tesla and Volkswagen supplier claims electric battery can last 2 million kilometres

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) – an electric vehicle battery supplier to Tesla and Volkswagen – has completed development of a battery that it claims will last for 2 million kilometres of driving. In an interview with news agency Bloomberg earlier this week, CATL’s chairman Zeng Yuqun said development of the battery pack was finished and production was ready to begin. “If someone places an order, we are ready to produce,” Mr Yuqun told Bloomberg.