On July 23, Geely’s Farizon Auto unveiled its new commercial battery named the “Black Tortoise Battery”. The new battery boasts a service life of 10 years and 800,000 km, and have a 150 mm thin shell.
Farizon Auto’s V7E commercial van is going to be the first model with this battery installed. Later, other models like the smaller Farizon V6E Plus will follow. With the new battery, the Farizon V7E is estimated to have a CLTC range of 305 km. A Geely tested range is 285 km.
Farizon Auto
Farizon Auto was established by Geely in 2016 to focus on the development and sales of new energy commercial vehicles in China. The brand’s currently offers a lineup of all-electric light commercial vehicles, urban buses, light trucks, and methanol-powered heavy trucks.
The company raised over 300 million USD from a pre-seed funding round led by Asian logistics firm GLP’s investment arm Hidden Hill Capital in 2022. More recently, the company raised 600 million USD in 2023 with a Series-A funding round led by Boyu Capital and Yuexie Industrial Fund. Farizon Auto has said their key focus outside of China will be Europe. It aims to become one of Europe’s top three electric cargo van suppliers.
Farizon V7E
The Farizon V7E was launched earlier this year in April. It will soon feature the new “Black Tortoise Battery” with a retail price of 149,800 yuan (20,600 USD). The starting price of the V7E with a regular battery is 112,800 yuan (15,500 USD). With the new battery, the V7E boasts cargo space of 7 cubic meters, with a compartment length 3260 mm and a rated load of 1.3 tons. The external dimensions measures at 5305/1745/1985 mm. And the internal compartment measures at 3260/1630/1320 mm.
The battery features a liquid-cooling fast charging system that can handle over 6000 charge cycles per cell. A maximum of 4C fast charging and 2C continuous fast charging is supported. It allows to achieve 200 km of range in 10-minute charging. The integrated drive system has an energy efficiency of up to 97.86%. The chemistry of this battery has yet to be revealed. But it is most likely an LFP pack.
Farizon has so far delivered over 100,000 vehicles receiving orders from Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America, and the Middle East. The first batch of the Farizon V6E was shipped to for the first time Turkey earlier this year. And the Farizon V7E is expected to also be exported in the future.
