GAC Group and battery maker CATL on November 10 signed a 10-year comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement at GAC’s headquarters in Panyu, aiming to strengthen collaboration in the new energy vehicle (NEV) sector.
The partnership seeks to leverage both companies’ strengths in intelligent manufacturing, technology innovation, and market resources to create a systematic industrial ecosystem and promote coordinated growth in the NEV market. Under the agreement, the two sides will work together on intelligent chassis systems, battery swapping, and next-generation battery technologies.
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GAC Group’s vehicle brands will jointly develop NEV products using CATL’s latest energy solutions. Cooperation will also cover battery leasing, joint station construction, and shared energy services to foster new business models across the value chain.
The framework emphasizes equality, mutual benefit, and resource sharing, establishing a long-term, multi-level collaboration encompassing battery R&D, swapping ecosystem development, and electrification platform innovation. The partnership is designed to support high-quality growth in China’s NEV industry.
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The cooperation follows the launch of the AION UT super, an electric vehicle jointly developed by GAC AION, CATL, and JD.com. The model features CATL’s Choco-SEB battery-swap technology and GAC’s intelligent manufacturing capabilities and is sold exclusively via JD.com, representing a direct-to-consumer retail approach for NEVs.