Key highlights
- CATL and BMW will pilot cross-border Battery Passport data exchange and carbon-footprint accounting for batteries
- Projects will use the Catena-X automotive data ecosystem to align technical standards and inform EU compliance
- The MOU broadens their strategic partnership from product collaboration to institutional coordination on supply-chain decarbonization
Deal and scope
On February 25 CATL and the BMW Group signed an MOU in Beijing to collaborate on pilot projects for trusted data exchange and decarbonization across the power battery supply chain.
Pilot projects
The pilots will focus on cross-border Battery Passport data transfer, carbon accounting methodologies and tools to calculate battery carbon footprints.
Standards and compliance
Projects will leverage the Catena‑X automotive data ecosystem to align technical standards, support coherent science-driven policy frameworks and improve compliance with EU market access regulations.
Partnership evolution
The MOU expands a strategic relationship dating from 2012 from product-level cooperation to broader institutional coordination on digital management, supply-chain transparency and low-carbon competitiveness.
