CATL reportedly woos Huawei’s smart car veteran for CTC business

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Cai Jianyong, general manager of Huawei smart car solution BU's intelligent vehicle control unit, has left the telecommunications giant and joined CATL to manage the latter's CTC (cell-to-chassis) business, according to a local media outlet, citing people familiar with the matter.

The former Huawei's executive is expected to help the battery giant speed up the R&D and application of the emerging technology.

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According to the information from an online recruitment platform, CATL is looking for talents for businesses like the development of chassis control system, the chassis tuning, and the chassis-related electrical architecture.

Besides, CATL is launching manufacturing projects for CTC technology. On Feb. 19, CATL broke ground on its integrated electric chassis R&D facility in Shanghai. This project is in all likelihood launched to expedite CATL's development of CTC technology.

On February 15, CATL's subsidiary Synland forged partnership with Zhejiang Gonow Automobile Co., Ltd. for  the R&D and sales of vehicles and chassis. CATL's CTC technology is likely to be applied in trials on the latter's new energy commercial vehicle platform.

Apart from CATL, such companies as Tesla, BYD, SVOLT, U Power, and Pix Moving have also made layouts in the CTC field. Earlier this week, Chinese EV startup Leapmotor formally announced the launch of its in-house developed CTC technology.