On the evening of March 18, the 2026 Chery Automobile Battery Night was grandly held in Wuhu, Anhui. With the theme of "Guardianship," the event officially released Chery's energy strategy, including Rhino battery technology, a new green smart energy ecosystem, and the "Global Power Battery Safety White Paper," laying a new strategic pillar for Chery to master the core keys to future energy and achieve low-carbon across the full lifecycle, while injecting Chery's strength into the development of the global new energy industry.

Chery Automobile Battery Night Grandly Opens

Laying the Pillar of Batteries

Enabling Full Lifecycle Greening of Electric Vehicles

Currently, China's new energy vehicles have moved to the center of the global stage, but the two challenges of "new energy not being truly new" and "intelligent vehicles not being truly intelligent" remain to be solved. Full lifecycle low-carbon transformation and core technology breakthroughs have become key to the industry's advancement. At this critical juncture, Chery is committed to promoting China's new energy industry from scale leadership to technology leadership and ecosystem leadership through green transformation across the entire industrial chain, setting a new benchmark for the industry's high-quality development.

Yin Tongyue, Chairman of Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., speaks on site

At the Battery Night event, Yin Tongyue, Chairman of Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., stated that Chery aims to lay the pillar of batteries, not only to install a more powerful green "heart" in vehicles, but also to solve the issues of green "blood" and "genes" across the entire industrial chain, enabling full lifecycle greening of electric vehicles. Chery is a green energy company, battery company, and high-tech company disguised as an automaker. The Rhino battery released today is a brilliant "diamond" in Chery's treasure chest of technologies.

Chery has set its carbon neutrality targets: by 2030, reduce greenhouse gas emissions per vehicle manufactured by more than 60% compared to 2023; achieve carbon neutrality in its own operations by 2037; and achieve carbon neutrality across the entire value chain by 2047. Chery hopes to join hands with all peers and partners to be guardians of the Earth, long-termists, and truly new energy.

Safety is the DNA in Chery's blood

Rhino Battery Forges a 360 All-Domain Safety Fortress

Currently, global new energy users generally have three major anxieties about battery use: charging, lifespan, and safety. Chery deeply understands user perceptions and needs, and offers a one-stop Rhino battery solution that charges fast, lasts long, and is safe enough. The Rhino battery can not only charge for 8 minutes to provide 500 kilometers of range and achieve a maximum of 5,000 cycle life, but also features 360 safety protection.

Gu Chunshan, Vice President of Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., speaks on site

Gu Chunshan, Vice President of Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., stated that safety is the DNA in Chery's blood and an untouchable bottom line. Chery's Rhino Battery 360 Safety Protection System, through 3 lines of defense, 6 major scenarios, and 0 compromise on ultimate performance, brings users an even more extreme safety experience. Among them, the 3 lines of defense create a highly safe battery pack through Rhino Crystal materials, Rhino Shield structure, and Rhino Cloud intelligent control; the 6 major scenarios subject complete vehicles equipped with Rhino batteries to verification under the world's most stringent conditions, including high temperature, extreme cold, high salt, collision, underbody scraping, and water wading, achieving perfect coordination between battery and vehicle; 0 compromise means a zero-defect quality target, building modern factories and equipment with one-in-a-billion-level defect control capability and a stringent manufacturing quality management system. After years of refinement, Chery's Rhino battery has formed 3 major product series covering 2 systems and 3 types of structures: Rhino H Series - dedicated hybrid battery, Rhino E Series - dedicated pure electric battery, and Rhino S Series - dedicated solid-state battery, fully meeting the needs of Chery's multiple target users.

Safety has never been simply a technology, but a standard, a system, and a commitment. At the event, Chery also joined hands with authoritative institutions including the State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, CATARC | New Energy, and the State Administration for Market Regulation Key Laboratory (Energy Storage and Power Battery Safety) to jointly release the "Global Power Battery Safety White Paper 2026." Gu Chunshan stated that this white paper condenses Chery's systematic review and deep thinking on battery safety. As a member of China's automotive brands, Chery always upholds industry responsibility and a global perspective, not only deepening its own technical safety but also hoping to contribute to the safe development of global power batteries with its technological accumulation and practical experience.

"Global Power Battery Safety White Paper 2026" Officially Released

A Thousand Talents and Ten Billion in R&D Investment

Chery's All-Solid-State Cells Strive Toward 600Wh/kg

As mass production and popularization enter the countdown, all-solid-state batteries have become the focus of attention for the industry and users, and Chery is going all out in all-solid-state battery research and development. Gu Chunshan stated that within two years, Chery's dedicated solid-state battery team will exceed 1,200 people, with master's and doctoral degree holders accounting for over 90%, and cumulative dedicated R&D funding will exceed 10 billion yuan. In the future, investment in all-solid-state batteries will have no upper limit, building the most advanced laboratory and pilot production line, the most advanced process equipment, and the most complete ecosystem alliance.

Chery's All-Solid-State Cells Strive Toward 600Wh/kg

Continuous efforts have brought key technological breakthroughs. Chery's solid-state battery cell energy density has reached 400Wh/kg, advancing toward 600Wh/kg, with range already reaching 1500+km. In terms of materials, Chery's all-solid-state battery features leading technologies such as electrolyte lattice anchoring, cathode protective shield, and anode stress relief, balancing performance and safety; in terms of processes, it adopts breakthrough technologies such as ultra-thin coating, warm isostatic pressing, and integrated formation, capable of withstanding 600+MPa ultra-high pressure and achieving full-process intelligent automatic control; with the help of AI, Chery's all-solid-state battery has completed over 1 million design iterations and optimized over 100 global key indicators.

Deepening Green Smart Energy

Chery to Complete 25 Zero-Carbon Factories Globally by 2030

Truly new energy is far more than simply replacing oil with electricity; it is about building a complete green energy ecosystem. At the Battery Night event, Yin Hang, Executive Deputy General Manager of Chery Green Energy Ecosystem Technology Co., Ltd., stated that Chery takes electric vehicles as the core of mobile energy storage and the full lifecycle of batteries as the main line, building a new smart energy ecosystem featuring the six-in-one integration of "vehicle-storage-charging-grid-cloud-carbon" with coordinated source-grid-load-storage. To this end, Chery has reserved 8 core technologies: "wind, solar, hydrogen, ammonia, storage, charging, swapping, and discharging," focusing on 6 major scenarios: "vehicle, storage, charging, grid, cloud, and carbon," and creating 6 core products: "Energy Cube, Xunlong Instant Charging, Virtual Power Plant, SOFC Fuel Cell, PEMFC Fuel Cell, and V2G Smart Charging Pile," building a complete energy solution.

Yin Hang, Executive Deputy General Manager of Chery Green Energy Ecosystem Technology Co., Ltd., speaks on site

At the front end, Chery continues to build a new zero-carbon smart energy ecosystem by integrating new wind, solar, hydrogen, and storage technologies. By 2030, green zero-carbon factories will increase from the current 7 to 25; the world's first off-grid E-Fuel long-duration energy storage zero-carbon demonstration park manufactured with 100% green energy will be completed in 2028; the world's first E-fuel power generation product can liquefy green electricity from wind and solar into green ammonia, achieving complete replacement of thermal power.

At the back end, Chery's released Xunlong Instant Charging brings charging into the "second era," and V2X technology can turn every Chery new energy vehicle into a mobile green "power bank." Chery will also build an "ultra-fast, ultra-smart, ultra-green" energy replenishment network, making convenient travel within reach and ensuring there are no new energy vehicles that are hard to charge. In 2029, it plans to build over 20,000 charging stations supporting the V2G standard. The first batch will launch the Ten Cities • Hundred Stations [Vehicle-Grid Interaction Plan], building 100 Xunlong Instant Charging stations with V2G functionality in 10 cities including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hefei, meeting users' core needs.

Full-Category Layout

Exeed ES8 to Be First Equipped with All-Solid-State Battery

Deepening full-domain powertrain and full-category battery layout, technology-driven Chery is leading Chinese automobiles to the world! At the Battery Night event, Li Xueyong, Executive Vice President of Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., stated that entering the new energy era, the original aspiration of technology-driven Chery has never changed, and its powertrain technology continues to lead. Safety standards facing the globe and far exceeding national standards are Chery's solemn commitment to all users: letting everyone drive with confidence and peace of mind is Chery's safety bottom line. Rhino 360 Safety Protection makes every journey a smooth one.

Li Xueyong, Executive Vice President of Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., speaks on site

From large vehicles to small ones, Rhino batteries are safe enough. The all-new QQ3 is equipped with the Rhino E pure electric battery and is the first small car model to receive NESTA six-dimensional electrical safety certification. As of March 17, orders exceeded 35,689 units. The Fengyun A9 is also equipped with the Rhino E pure electric battery, featuring not only a 70-kWh large battery capacity and 195Wh/kg cell energy density, but also a PSS (pyrotechnic fuse) detonation switch, with high-voltage power cutoff taking only 2 milliseconds. In addition, the body's high-strength steel proportion exceeds 80%, plus 8 airbags, for maximum safety! From Flaming Mountains to Arctic Village, travel with peace of mind across wide temperature ranges.

Fengyun A9

With solid technical foundations and the commitment of an engineering-minded brand, accompanying users for life. The Fengyun T9L is equipped with the Rhino H hybrid battery, with a cycle life of up to 5,000 times, a full-dimensional bedrock body plus Falcon 700 intelligent driving assistance, strengthening the strong with the strong, protecting every journey of users with comprehensive active and passive safety design. The Fengyun T9L will also challenge the "hybrid hell operating conditions" of the Nujiang 72 Turns high-altitude sky road, with perfect coordination of engine, motor, and power generation, conquering the plateau without ever losing speed. Meanwhile, the new vehicle will begin presales on March 25.

Fengyun T9L

As China's export champion in hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), Chery will equip larger-capacity, safer Rhino batteries, deploy more HEV products, and conquer global users with quality and technology, making the world fall in love with China's "new fuel"! The TIGGO5 HEV series is the best representative of Chery's HEV battery application, creating a global new fuel electric era of "5 kWh" with smarter, more energy-efficient, more powerful, and more comfortable class-leading product strength!

TIGGO5 HEV

At the event, the performance luxury large five-seat SUV Exeed EX7 opened blind booking. The new vehicle debuts aviation-grade EMB brake-by-wire, debuts AI Lingxi Smart Cabin 2.0, features a panoramic large flat floor and flexible multi-variable space, is equipped with the class-strongest golden range extender and platinum pure electric, achieving ultra-long range while also featuring Flying Fish Chassis 3.0 and Snow Leopard Four-Wheel Drive 2.0. It is a heavyweight product carrying Chery's latest technologies; the solid-liquid hybrid battery version of the Exeed EX7 will also officially launch in the fourth quarter of this year; in addition, the Exeed ES equipped with liquid-state Rhino pure electric E battery can achieve 500 kilometers of range with 8 minutes of charging; the Exeed ES8, first equipped with an all-solid-state battery, is equally worth looking forward to!

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From engines to new energy, Chery, with the original aspiration and spirit of an "engineering-minded brand," has captured one technological high ground after another in the progress of the automotive industry. In the future, Chery will continue to break through the boundaries of energy development with technological progress, welcoming the true arrival of the new energy era.