CCTV has exposed an underground factory producing non‑compliant batteries, with some retired new‑energy vehicle batteries being illegally refurbished and then placed on the market.

time:2026-09-09

[Whale Video:# CCTV exposed the illegal battery underground factory,# part of the waste batteries of new energy vehicles were illegally modified into the market#] According to CCTV Finance and Economics, data show that in the fire of all kinds of electric bicycles, about 33 percent of the vehicles caught fire caused by illegal modification of batteries; About 80 percent cell of the fire-modified batteries came from waste power batteries of new energy vehicles. Shenzhen Zhongtou New Energy Co., Ltd. dismantled cell from electric vehicles for sales. Manager Zhang, the person in charge, told the reporter# General Taiwan financial investigation# that his own dismantling cell could be used in two rounds and electric tricycle. Manager Zhang said frankly that avoiding supervision is the top priority when doing this kind of business. Therefore, their company's warehouses and dismantling factories are not in the same place, and even cell different products are shipped from different warehouses. Under the leadership of manager Zhang, the reporter went around the town, walked the mountain road, and drove more than 20 kilometers before arriving at the dismantling factory built in Shanli. In order to avoid supervision, the company's dismantling plant was deliberately covered with tents, which was completely another scene. A large number of waste power batteries of new energy vehicles were block pattern row pattern on the ground, workers are busy dismantling the batteries layer by layer, and the factory area is filled with the cutting sound of chainsaws and the running sound of milling machines. After a series of processes such as dismantling, stripping, degumming, packaging and so on, the waste power batteries of new energy vehicles finally became raw materials of lithium batteries that exceeded the standard for electric bicycles and flowed into the market.