Technology: China's BYD, SAIC Motor eye EVs with all-solid-state batteries in 2027

Companies leverage market scale, semi-solid technology in quest for dominance

4. Juni 2026 um 12:48 Uhr / Shizuka Tanabe und Tomoko Wakasugi, Nikkei Asia

Chinese-made vehicles including BYD cars (L) wait to be transshipped for export at a port in Suzhou, in China's eastern Jiangsu province on April 27, 2026. Bild: CN-STR / AFP via Getty Images

GUANGZHOU/SHANGHAI -- Chinese battery and auto makers are working to develop the next generation of batteries for electric vehicles, with manufacturers SAIC Motor and BYD set to launch EVs equipped with all-solid-state batteries (ASSB) in 2027.

In early March, state-owned SAIC and battery startup Qingtao (Kunshan) Energy Development Group assembled a prototype EV equipped with an ASSB dubbed the "Guangqi" battery. The companies aim to bring the product to market in 2027 after repeated testing for mass production.