WeLion New Energy | |
Native name | 北京卫蓝新能源科技有限公司 |
Company type | Private |
Industry | Electric batteries |
Founded | 2016 |
Founder | Li Hong |
Headquarters | Fanshang, Beijing , China |
Website | solidstatelion |
Beijing WeLion New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., known simply as WeLion New Energy or WeLion (sometimes stylized WELION), is a Chinese battery manufacturer specializing in semi-solid and solid state batteries for use in electric vehicles and energy storage systems. The company is headquartered in the Beijing's Fangshan District, and is a spinoff from the Labratory of Renewable Energy of the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[1] It is best known for supplying the world's first mass produced semi-solid state battery cells for an automotive traction battery application, in the form of Nio's 150 kWh swappable battery pack.