Batteries are everywhere - from electric vehicles to stationary storage to the device you're watching this episode on! And many of them come from the biggest battery company in the world, CATL - possibly the biggest and most important company, you've never heard of. In this episode, Elliot gets a world exclusive tour around one of the CATL gigafactories in China to find out how these innumerate batteries are made. We promise you, it will blow your mind! @fullychargedshow @EverythingElectricShow

00:00 Z Factory - How to make a battery
01:23 In 10 million vehicles worldwide
02:22 Cathode room
03:03 Half a width of a human hair!
03:37 18,000 researchers
04:03 Rolling 2.2 million cells
05:49 Super cheap and super energy dense
06:31 The Baking Room
07:21 Electrolyte
07:54 Stationary storage
08:41 Charging and discharging
09:02 Cell testing
09:30 Battery swapping
10:25 The final stage!

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