He won the European Grand Prix and resigned from his position with an annual salary of 2 million

Release time:Apr 14, 2024 01:51 AM

The European Patent Office, headquartered in Munich, Germany, recently announced that Wu Kai, the chief scientist of Chinese company CATL, and his team have stood out from over 600 candidates and won the 2023 European Inventor Award.

According to the website of the European Patent Office, Wu Kai and his team have developed a lithium-ion battery with a top cover, which can serve as a barrier to reduce battery safety risks, thereby reducing the risk of electric vehicle battery explosions and fires.

Wu Kai stated that electric vehicles equipped with advanced safety batteries are making more people accept sustainable lifestyles and contribute to the global energy transformation. I hope young inventors around the world will adhere to the concept of learning, doing, and asking more questions, and develop more innovative achievements for the well-being of humanity.

The European Inventors Award is one of the most famous innovation awards in Europe, initiated by the European Patent Office in 2006, aimed at recognizing individuals and teams who have proposed solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing the current era.

Who is Wu Kai?

The award-winning Wu Kai just caught the attention of insiders last month due to personnel changes.

He won the European Grand Prix and resigned from his position with an annual salary of 2 million

On June 21st, Ningde Times announced that the board of directors had recently received a written resignation report from Wu Kai, a director and deputy general manager of the company. In order to focus more on the research and development of new products and technologies, and to devote himself to the exploration, innovation, and technological leadership in the new energy field, Wu Kai applied to resign from his position as a director, member of the board's strategic committee, and deputy general manager. After resigning, Wu Kai will continue to serve as the chief scientist of the company, and will also serve as the director of the National Engineering Research Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage Technology of the company.

Public information shows that Wu Kai, born in 1968, graduated with a PhD from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and previously served as a lecturer at Wuhan University of Technology. After resigning from university and going abroad, he successively held positions such as R&D Manager of Dongguan Xinke Magnetic Power Plant, R&D Director of Dongguan New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., and Technical Vice President of Ningde New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.

·Wu Kai's data chart.

There are many overlapping experiences between Wu Kai and the current chairman of CATL, Zeng Yuqun.

Zeng Yuqun was also born in 1968 and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Ship Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1989. Shortly after graduation, he joined Dongguan Xinke Magnetic Power Plant. In 1999, Zeng Yuqun participated in the creation of Amperex Technology Limited, the predecessor of CATL.

·Zeng Yuqun Information Map.

According to the 2022 annual report of Ningde Times, Wu Kai served as a director and deputy general manager of the company from December 15, 2015 to December 29, 2024. Before resigning from the company, Wu Kai had been serving as a director and deputy general manager for nearly 8 years. In addition, the annual report shows that Wu Kai received a total pre tax salary of 2.4851 million yuan in Ningde Times in 2022, with an average monthly salary of approximately 207100 yuan.

Regarding Wu Kai's performance during his tenure, Ningde Times used the phrase "conscientious and diligent" in the announcement, and expressed sincere gratitude to Wu Kai for his contributions to the company.

"The layout is not just today"

What does the lithium-ion battery with a top cover developed by Wu Kai's team look like?

At present, there is not much known information in the market, but it can be seen from previous public reports that CATL has been exploring new battery forms with higher safety performance.

Last August, Wu Kai revealed at the World New Energy Vehicle Conference that CATL plans to launch a new generation of battery cells in 2023: condensed state batteries. Condensed state batteries have the characteristics of high safety, high reliability, and good cycle life.

It is worth noting that Zeng Yuqun has previously revealed that in addition to Kirin batteries, they are also researching more new types of batteries, such as all solid state batteries, semi-solid state batteries, and even condensed state batteries that no one has heard of.

Zeng Yuqun stated that innovation in the chemical system, structure, manufacturing, and business models of power batteries can be integrated together to promote the development of the new energy vehicle industry.

In addition, since last year, Ningde Era's M3P battery has frequently attracted attention.

In August last year, there were rumors in the market that CATL would supply M3P batteries to Tesla. There were rumors that the batteries would be installed in the domestically produced versions of Tesla's Model 3 and Model Y models, which will be launched in 2023. However, at that time, the person in charge of Tesla China stated, "This news is not consistent with the facts."

The first appearance of M3P batteries in the public eye was mentioned by Zeng Yuqun during a private placement financing roadshow in February last year. Afterwards, Wu Kai also publicly revealed that M3P batteries have been mass-produced and will be put into market use in 2023.

Wu Kai introduced, "M3P batteries are designed for mid-range models with a range of about 700km. Previously, for models with this range, CATL used a medium nickel and low nickel ternary cathode material solution, which is relatively more expensive. Combined with the 'Kirin Battery' battery pack structure, M3P's new materials can meet the needs of such models."

In June of this year, on CCTV's "Dialogue" program, Wu Kai talked about how the global power battery pattern will develop in the future, saying, "The layout of CATL is not just today, but in the next decade, I believe we will always maintain our technological leadership in the power battery industry."

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