Has anyone ordered CATL batteries from evlithium.com?

[maharzan]

Hi,

I am in the process of selecting some 200Ah LiFePO4 batteries (sinopoly/CATL, are they same?) for a 48V system on an EV. I have seen quite many on aliexpress and also came across evlithium. I have been in constant contact with them but before ordering I wanted to know how reliable they are, and the qualities of the batteries. If anyone of you have ordered any kind of batteries from them, please let me know. I searched a bit and didnt find much info about them. I am also being spectical because it will be quite many batteries with shipping and customs taxes.

Thanks,
Chandra

 

[FilterGuy]

Is EVLithium the vendor? Do a search on the forum of you vendor and see if anyone has experience with them.

 

[Steve_S]

EVlithium is a reseller of product, where & how they source their materials / products is up to them. CATL & Sinopoly are Lithium Battery Manufacturers. CATL is the biggest in China and they make many different types of Lithium Based batteries for every market. Sinopoly is also a large manufacturer of Lithium based batteries but I believe they specialise in LifePo variants mostly. That being said, like all manufacturing, there is Grade A, Grade-B and more... how / what a resellers buys to resell to clients is up to the reseller. Generally IF a reseller is an factory authorized vendor, you'll get good product but even non-authorised sellers can get Grade-A product as well, just more $$….

 

[Azimuth Shari]

I have ordered from EV Lithium and they shipped quickly and correctly. There was a bit of a gap trying to get tracking numbers out of them, but everything eventually arrived intact and complete.
I haven't purchased thosebatteries however.

 

[maharzan]

Thank you. Just wanted to verify if they are reliable.. needed to get some 100 100Ah batteries so cant trust them blindly and looking for recommendations.

 

[maharzan]

I have ordered from EV Lithium and they shipped quickly and correctly. There was a bit of a gap trying to get tracking numbers out of them, but everything eventually arrived intact and complete.
I haven't purchased thosebatteries however.

Oh great. Which batteries and how were they? grade A?

 

[Azimuth Shari]

Oh great. Which batteries and how were they? grade A?

Winston Cells 300Ah and 100Ah sets. Testing them for a couple of projects. Just received before Xmas, so don't have useful feedback yet, but all initial tests are good.

 

[maharzan]

Winston Cells 300Ah and 100Ah sets. Testing them for a couple of projects. Just received before Xmas, so don't have useful feedback yet, but all initial tests are good.

Were they grade A?

 

[Azimuth Shari]

These were Prismatic cells, not your typical cylindrical cells, so they don't appear to come in different grades.

 

[maharzan]

But were they new or the terminals scratched etc.. ? I am seeing so many reviews (good and bad) and being very careful before i put my money on these batteries from chinese resellers..

 

[Azimuth Shari]

Brand new. Excellent new condition. No issues. These are just the cells, not the complete system with BMS.

 

[maharzan]

Brand new. Excellent new condition. No issues. These are just the cells, not the complete system with BMS.

Thanks so much.

 

[bdl]

Chandra/@maharzan - did you end up purchasing from EVLithium? How'd it go?

 

[maharzan]

Not yet.. lockdown and border closure here has delayed the plan..

 

[JPS31]

Hi , I want to share a bad experience with EVLITHIUM company. I ordered litihum batteires from them with delivery to my home. They charged 450 US$ for the shipping. Then upon arrival they notice a delivery to the closest port instead of hime delivery ! Finally the asked for 900 US$ to deliver to my home !!! DO NO TRUST THESE PEOPLE