400km range after 10 minutes charging sounds great. Shame the details are thin

The world’s top battery maker for electric vehicles, China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL), claimed last week that it had developed a battery that can power a car for a distance of 400km after just ten minutes of charging. But one of the world’s most respected battery tech scientists, Dr Richard Yazami – inventor of the graphite anode – is skeptical of the claim.…